#53D9CA#53D9CA

#53D9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.118 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9CA
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 202)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 6.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -39.79, -3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 39.94, 184.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.1176 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.118 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0359, 55.7248, 64.5644)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9CA #D95362

analogous

#53D987 #53D9CA #53A5D9

triadic

#53D9CA #CA53D9 #D9CA53

tetradic

#53D9CA #8753D9 #D95362 #A5D953

square

#53D9CA #8753D9 #D95362 #A5D953

split-complementary

#53D9CA #D953A5 #D98753

monochromatic

#209185 #2BC4B3 #53D9CA #85E4D9 #B7EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#53D9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#53D9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9CA

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9CA	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.118 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e5da',
    500: '#53d9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9ca;
$custom-light: #92e5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.284,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80829,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9CA

secondary

#973A44

accent

#4154E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9CA

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

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