#53D5CC#53D5CC

#53D5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.114 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5CC
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 204)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -37.45, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 37.95, 189.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.1126 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.114 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2557, 53.7831, 65.4801)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5CC #D5535C

analogous

#53D58B #53D5CC #539DD5

triadic

#53D5CC #CC53D5 #D5CC53

tetradic

#53D5CC #8B53D5 #D5535C #9DD553

square

#53D5CC #8B53D5 #D5535C #9DD553

split-complementary

#53D5CC #D5539D #D58B53

monochromatic

#228C84 #2EBDB3 #53D5CC #84E1DB #B5EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#53D5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#53D5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5CC

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5CC	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.114 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e2db',
    500: '#53d5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5cc;
$custom-light: #91e2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.846,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79937,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5CC

secondary

#923B41

accent

#444FE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5CC

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

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