#53D0CA#53D0CA

#53D0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.110 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D0CA
RGB	rgb(83, 208, 202)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 2.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -35.67, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 36.43, 191.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.1083 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.11 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7791, 51.2112, 63.8121)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D0CA #D05359

analogous

#53D08C #53D0CA #5398D0

triadic

#53D0CA #CA53D0 #D0CA53

tetradic

#53D0CA #8C53D0 #D05359 #98D053

square

#53D0CA #8C53D0 #D05359 #98D053

split-complementary

#53D0CA #D05398 #D08C53

monochromatic

#248480 #31B4AE #53D0CA #83DDD9 #B3EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#53D0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#53D0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D0CA

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D0CA	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 208, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.110 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dfda',
    500: '#53d0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d0ca;
$custom-light: #91dfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.12,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7868,
    "c": 0.1102,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D0CA

secondary

#8B3C40

accent

#474FE0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D0CA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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