#53D5CF#53D5CF

#53D5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.113 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5CF
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 207)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -36.65, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 37.44, 191.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.1113 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.113 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6190, 53.9284, 67.3933)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5CF #D55359

analogous

#53D58E #53D5CF #539AD5

triadic

#53D5CF #CF53D5 #D5CF53

tetradic

#53D5CF #8E53D5 #D55359 #9AD553

square

#53D5CF #8E53D5 #D55359 #9AD553

split-complementary

#53D5CF #D5539A #D58E53

monochromatic

#228C87 #2EBDB6 #53D5CF #84E1DD #B5EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#53D5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#53D5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5CF

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5CF	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.113 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e2dd',
    500: '#53d5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5cf;
$custom-light: #92e2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.231,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80034,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5CF

secondary

#923B3F

accent

#444BE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5CF

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

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