#53D8CA#53D8CA

#53D8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.117 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8CA
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 202)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -39.34, -3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 39.53, 185.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.1166 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.117 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7790, 55.2109, 64.4787)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8CA #D85361

analogous

#53D887 #53D8CA #53A3D8

triadic

#53D8CA #CA53D8 #D8CA53

tetradic

#53D8CA #8753D8 #D85361 #A3D853

square

#53D8CA #8753D8 #D85361 #A3D853

split-complementary

#53D8CA #D853A3 #D88753

monochromatic

#219084 #2CC2B2 #53D8CA #85E3D9 #B7EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#53D8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#53D8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8CA

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8CA	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECDCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.117 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4da',
    500: '#53d8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8ca;
$custom-light: #92e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8059,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8CA

secondary

#953A44

accent

#4253E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8CA

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

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