#53D4CC#53D4CC

#53D4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.113 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4CC
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 204)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -36.99, -6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 37.58, 190.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.1116 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.113 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0050, 53.2816, 65.3965)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4CC #D4535B

analogous

#53D48B #53D4CC #539BD4

triadic

#53D4CC #CC53D4 #D4CC53

tetradic

#53D4CC #8B53D4 #D4535B #9BD453

square

#53D4CC #8B53D4 #D4535B #9BD453

split-complementary

#53D4CC #D4539B #D48B53

monochromatic

#238A84 #2FBBB2 #53D4CC #84E0DB #B5ECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#53D4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#53D4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4CC

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4CC	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.113 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e1db',
    500: '#53d4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4cc;
$custom-light: #91e1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.279,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79699,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4CC

secondary

#903B40

accent

#454EE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4CC

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

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