#53D8CD#53D8CD

#53D8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.116 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8CD
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 205)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -38.56, -5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 38.93, 187.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.1152 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.116 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1376, 55.3543, 66.3676)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8CD #D8535E

analogous

#53D88A #53D8CD #53A0D8

triadic

#53D8CD #CD53D8 #D8CD53

tetradic

#53D8CD #8A53D8 #D8535E #A0D853

square

#53D8CD #8A53D8 #D8535E #A0D853

split-complementary

#53D8CD #D853A0 #D88A53

monochromatic

#219087 #2CC2B5 #53D8CD #85E3DC #B7EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#53D8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#53D8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8CD

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8CD	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.116 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4dc',
    500: '#53d8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8cd;
$custom-light: #92e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.038,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80685,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8CD

secondary

#953A41

accent

#424FE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8CD

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

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