#53D8C8#53D8C8

#53D8C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.118 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8C8
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 200)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -39.86, -2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 39.96, 184.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.1174 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.118 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5437, 55.1168, 63.2397)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8C8 #D85363

analogous

#53D885 #53D8C8 #53A5D8

triadic

#53D8C8 #C853D8 #D8C853

tetradic

#53D8C8 #8553D8 #D85363 #A5D853

square

#53D8C8 #8553D8 #D85363 #A5D853

split-complementary

#53D8C8 #D853A5 #D88553

monochromatic

#219083 #2CC2B0 #53D8C8 #85E3D8 #B7EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#53D8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#53D8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8C8

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8C8	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECCC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.118 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4d8',
    500: '#53d8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8c8;
$custom-light: #92e4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.782,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80529,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8C8

secondary

#953A45

accent

#4255E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8C8

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

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