#53D1CC#53D1CC

#53D1CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.111 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D1CC
RGB	rgb(83, 209, 204)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 2.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -35.60, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 36.47, 192.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.1084 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.111 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2620, 51.7956, 65.1488)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D1CC #D15358

analogous

#53D18D #53D1CC #5397D1

triadic

#53D1CC #CC53D1 #D1CC53

tetradic

#53D1CC #8D53D1 #D15358 #97D153

square

#53D1CC #8D53D1 #D15358 #97D153

split-complementary

#53D1CC #D15397 #D18D53

monochromatic

#248682 #31B6B1 #53D1CC #83DEDA #B4EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#53D1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#53D1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D1CC

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D1CC	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 209, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.111 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dfdb',
    500: '#53d1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d1cc;
$custom-light: #91dfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.619,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78984,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D1CC

secondary

#8D3C3F

accent

#474DE1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D1CC

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

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