#53D5CB#53D5CB

#53D5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.114 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5CB
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 203)
HSL	hsl(175, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -37.71, -5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 38.14, 188.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.113 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.114 188)
XYZ	xyz(38.1362, 53.7353, 64.8505)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5CB #D5535D

analogous

#53D58A #53D5CB #539ED5

triadic

#53D5CB #CB53D5 #D5CB53

tetradic

#53D5CB #8A53D5 #D5535D #9ED553

square

#53D5CB #8A53D5 #D5535D #9ED553

split-complementary

#53D5CB #D5539E #D58A53

monochromatic

#228C83 #2EBDB2 #53D5CB #84E1DA #B5EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#53D5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#53D5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5CB

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5CB	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.114 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e2da',
    500: '#53d5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5cb;
$custom-light: #91e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79905,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.53739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5CB

secondary

#923B41

accent

#4450E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5CB

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

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