#53DCC4#53DCC4

#53DCC4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.123 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCC4
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 196)
HSL	hsl(169, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 10.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -42.66, 0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 42.67, 178.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.1233 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.123 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1196, 57.0068, 61.1556)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCC4 #DC536B

analogous

#53DC80 #53DCC4 #53B0DC

triadic

#53DCC4 #C453DC #DCC453

tetradic

#53DCC4 #8053DC #DC536B #B0DC53

square

#53DCC4 #8053DC #DC536B #B0DC53

split-complementary

#53DCC4 #DC53B0 #DC8053

monochromatic

#1F9681 #29C9AD #53DCC4 #86E6D5 #B9F1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#53DCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#53DCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCC4

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCC4	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D0C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.123 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7d5',
    500: '#53dcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dcc4;
$custom-light: #92e7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.489,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81368,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCC4

secondary

#9B394A

accent

#3F5DE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCC4

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

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