#53D8CC#53D8CC

#53D8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.117 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8CC
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 204)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 5.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -38.82, -4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 39.12, 187.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.1157 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.117 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0173, 55.3062, 65.7339)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8CC #D8535F

analogous

#53D889 #53D8CC #53A1D8

triadic

#53D8CC #CC53D8 #D8CC53

tetradic

#53D8CC #8953D8 #D8535F #A1D853

square

#53D8CC #8953D8 #D8535F #A1D853

split-complementary

#53D8CC #D853A1 #D88953

monochromatic

#219086 #2CC2B4 #53D8CC #85E3DB #B7EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#53D8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#53D8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8CC

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8CC	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.117 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4db',
    500: '#53d8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8cc;
$custom-light: #92e4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.586,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80653,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8CC

secondary

#953A42

accent

#4251E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8CC

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

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