#53D9CB#53D9CB

#53D9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.118 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9CB
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 203)
HSL	hsl(174, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -39.53, -3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 39.73, 185.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.1171 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.118 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1547, 55.7723, 65.1900)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9CB #D95361

analogous

#53D988 #53D9CB #53A4D9

triadic

#53D9CB #CB53D9 #D9CB53

tetradic

#53D9CB #8853D9 #D95361 #A4D953

square

#53D9CB #8853D9 #D95361 #A4D953

split-complementary

#53D9CB #D953A4 #D98853

monochromatic

#209186 #2BC4B4 #53D9CB #85E4DA #B7EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#53D9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#53D9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9CB

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9CB	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.118 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e5da',
    500: '#53d9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9cb;
$custom-light: #92e5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.731,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8086,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9CB

secondary

#973A43

accent

#4152E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9CB

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

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