#53D8CB#53D8CB

#53D8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.117 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8CB
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 203)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -39.08, -4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 39.32, 186.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.1161 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.117 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8978, 55.2584, 65.1043)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8CB #D85360

analogous

#53D888 #53D8CB #53A2D8

triadic

#53D8CB #CB53D8 #D8CB53

tetradic

#53D8CB #8853D8 #D85360 #A2D853

square

#53D8CB #8853D8 #D85360 #A2D853

split-complementary

#53D8CB #D853A2 #D88853

monochromatic

#219085 #2CC2B3 #53D8CB #85E3DA #B7EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#53D8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#53D8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8CB

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8CB	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.117 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4da',
    500: '#53d8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8cb;
$custom-light: #92e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.135,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80622,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8CB

secondary

#953A43

accent

#4252E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8CB

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

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