#53D9CE#53D9CE

#53D9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.117 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9CE
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 5.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -38.75, -5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 39.13, 187.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.1158 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.117 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5157, 55.9167, 67.0910)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9CE #D9535E

analogous

#53D98B #53D9CE #53A1D9

triadic

#53D9CE #CE53D9 #D9CE53

tetradic

#53D9CE #8B53D9 #D9535E #A1D953

square

#53D9CE #8B53D9 #D9535E #A1D953

split-complementary

#53D9CE #D953A1 #D98B53

monochromatic

#209188 #2BC4B7 #53D9CE #85E4DC #B7EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#53D9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9CE

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9CE	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.117 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e5dc',
    500: '#53d9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9ce;
$custom-light: #92e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.075,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80955,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9CE

secondary

#973A41

accent

#414FE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9CE

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

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