#53D3CF#53D3CF

#53D3CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.112 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3CF
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 207)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -35.72, -8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 36.73, 193.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.1092 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.112 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1191, 52.9285, 67.2267)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3CF #D35357

analogous

#53D38F #53D3CF #5397D3

triadic

#53D3CF #CF53D3 #D3CF53

tetradic

#53D3CF #8F53D3 #D35357 #97D353

square

#53D3CF #8F53D3 #D35357 #97D353

split-complementary

#53D3CF #D35397 #D38F53

monochromatic

#238985 #2FB9B5 #53D3CF #84DFDD #B4ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#53D3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#53D3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3CF

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3CF	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.112 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e1dd',
    500: '#53d3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3cf;
$custom-light: #91e1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79559,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3CF

secondary

#8F3B3E

accent

#454AE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3CF

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

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