#53D0CD#53D0CD

#53D0CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.110 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D0CD
RGB	rgb(83, 208, 205)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -34.87, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 35.97, 194.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.107 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.11 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1378, 51.3546, 65.7010)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D0CD #D05356

analogous

#53D08F #53D0CD #5395D0

triadic

#53D0CD #CD53D0 #D0CD53

tetradic

#53D0CD #8F53D0 #D05356 #95D053

square

#53D0CD #8F53D0 #D05356 #95D053

split-complementary

#53D0CD #D05395 #D08F53

monochromatic

#248482 #31B4B1 #53D0CD #83DDDB #B3EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#53D0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#53D0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D0CD

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D0CD	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 208, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.110 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dfdc',
    500: '#53d0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d0cd;
$custom-light: #91dfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.56,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78779,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D0CD

secondary

#8B3C3E

accent

#474BE0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D0CD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →