#53D8CE#53D8CE

#53D8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.116 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8CE
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -38.29, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 38.74, 188.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.1148 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.116 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2587, 55.4028, 67.0054)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8CE #D8535D

analogous

#53D88B #53D8CE #539FD8

triadic

#53D8CE #CE53D8 #D8CE53

tetradic

#53D8CE #8B53D8 #D8535D #9FD853

square

#53D8CE #8B53D8 #D8535D #9FD853

split-complementary

#53D8CE #D8539F #D88B53

monochromatic

#219088 #2CC2B7 #53D8CE #85E3DC #B7EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#53D8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#53D8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8CE

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8CE	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.116 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4dc',
    500: '#53d8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8ce;
$custom-light: #92e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.489,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80716,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8CE

secondary

#953A41

accent

#424EE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8CE

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

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