#53D2CE#53D2CE

#53D2CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.111 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2CE
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 206)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 1.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -35.53, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 36.52, 193.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.1086 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.111 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7495, 52.3844, 66.5023)
Luminance	0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2CE #D25357

analogous

#53D28E #53D2CE #5397D2

triadic

#53D2CE #CE53D2 #D2CE53

tetradic

#53D2CE #8E53D2 #D25357 #97D253

square

#53D2CE #8E53D2 #D25357 #97D253

split-complementary

#53D2CE #D25397 #D28E53

monochromatic

#238784 #30B8B3 #53D2CE #84DFDC #B4EBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#53D2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#53D2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2CE

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2CE	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.111 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e0dc',
    500: '#53d2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2ce;
$custom-light: #91e0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.11,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79288,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2CE

secondary

#8E3B3E

accent

#464BE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2CE

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

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