#53D5CD#53D5CD

#53D5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.114 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5CD
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 205)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -37.18, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 37.78, 190.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.1122 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.114 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3761, 53.8312, 66.1138)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5CD #D5535B

analogous

#53D58C #53D5CD #539CD5

triadic

#53D5CD #CD53D5 #D5CD53

tetradic

#53D5CD #8C53D5 #D5535B #9CD553

square

#53D5CD #8C53D5 #D5535B #9CD553

split-complementary

#53D5CD #D5539C #D58C53

monochromatic

#228C85 #2EBDB4 #53D5CD #84E1DB #B5EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#53D5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#53D5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5CD

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5CD	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.114 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e2dc',
    500: '#53d5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5cd;
$custom-light: #92e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.308,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7997,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5CD

secondary

#923B40

accent

#444EE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5CD

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

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