#53D5CA#53D5CA

#53D5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.114 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5CA
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 202)
HSL	hsl(175, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 5.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -37.98, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 38.33, 187.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.1135 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.114 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0174, 53.6877, 64.2249)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5CA #D5535E

analogous

#53D589 #53D5CA #539FD5

triadic

#53D5CA #CA53D5 #D5CA53

tetradic

#53D5CA #8953D5 #D5535E #9FD553

square

#53D5CA #8953D5 #D5535E #9FD553

split-complementary

#53D5CA #D5539F #D58953

monochromatic

#228C83 #2EBDB1 #53D5CA #84E1D9 #B5EDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#53D5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#53D5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5CA

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5CA	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.114 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e2da',
    500: '#53d5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5ca;
$custom-light: #91e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.923,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79874,
    "c": 0.1144,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5CA

secondary

#923B42

accent

#4451E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5CA

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

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