#53D9CF#53D9CF

#53D9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.117 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9CF
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 207)
HSL	hsl(176, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 4.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -38.48, -5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 38.94, 188.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.1154 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.117 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6375, 55.9655, 67.7328)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9CF #D9535D

analogous

#53D98C #53D9CF #53A0D9

triadic

#53D9CF #CF53D9 #D9CF53

tetradic

#53D9CF #8C53D9 #D9535D #A0D953

square

#53D9CF #8C53D9 #D9535D #A0D953

split-complementary

#53D9CF #D953A0 #D98C53

monochromatic

#209189 #2BC4B8 #53D9CF #85E4DD #B7EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#53D9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9CF

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9CF	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.117 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e5dd',
    500: '#53d9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9cf;
$custom-light: #92e5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.522,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80986,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9CF

secondary

#973A41

accent

#414DE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9CF

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

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