#53D4CB#53D4CB

#53D4CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.113 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4CB
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 203)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -37.26, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 37.75, 189.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.112 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.113 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8854, 53.2338, 64.7669)
Luminance	0.5324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4CB #D4535C

analogous

#53D48A #53D4CB #539CD4

triadic

#53D4CB #CB53D4 #D4CB53

tetradic

#53D4CB #8A53D4 #D4535C #9CD453

square

#53D4CB #8A53D4 #D4535C #9CD453

split-complementary

#53D4CB #D4539C #D48A53

monochromatic

#238A83 #2FBBB1 #53D4CB #84E0DA #B5ECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#53D4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#53D4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4CB

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4CB	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.113 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e1da',
    500: '#53d4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4cb;
$custom-light: #91e1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.814,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79667,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4CB

secondary

#903B41

accent

#4550E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4CB

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

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