#53D8D4#53D8D4

#53D8D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.115 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8D4
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 212)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -36.69, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 37.73, 193.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.1122 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.115 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0015, 55.6999, 70.9176)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8D4 #D85357

analogous

#53D891 #53D8D4 #5399D8

triadic

#53D8D4 #D453D8 #D8D453

tetradic

#53D8D4 #9153D8 #D85357 #99D853

square

#53D8D4 #9153D8 #D85357 #99D853

split-complementary

#53D8D4 #D85399 #D89153

monochromatic

#21908D #2CC2BD #53D8D4 #85E3E0 #B7EFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#53D8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#53D8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8D4

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8D4	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.115 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4e1',
    500: '#53d8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8d4;
$custom-light: #92e4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.195,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80911,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8D4

secondary

#953A3D

accent

#4247E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8D4

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

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