#53D3CE#53D3CE

#53D3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.112 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3CE
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 206)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 2.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -35.99, -8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 36.88, 192.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.1097 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.112 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9972, 52.8797, 66.5849)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3CE #D35358

analogous

#53D38E #53D3CE #5398D3

triadic

#53D3CE #CE53D3 #D3CE53

tetradic

#53D3CE #8E53D3 #D35358 #98D353

square

#53D3CE #8E53D3 #D35358 #98D353

split-complementary

#53D3CE #D35398 #D38E53

monochromatic

#238985 #2FB9B4 #53D3CE #84DFDC #B4ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#53D3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#53D3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3CE

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3CE	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.112 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e1dc',
    500: '#53d3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3ce;
$custom-light: #91e1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.656,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79526,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3CE

secondary

#8F3B3E

accent

#454BE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3CE

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

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