#53DCCE#53DCCE

#53DCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.119 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCCE
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 206)
HSL	hsl(174, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 6.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -40.10, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 40.32, 185.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.1189 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.12 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2960, 57.4773, 67.3511)
Luminance	0.5748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCCE #DC5361

analogous

#53DC8A #53DCCE #53A5DC

triadic

#53DCCE #CE53DC #DCCE53

tetradic

#53DCCE #8A53DC #DC5361 #A5DC53

square

#53DCCE #8A53DC #DC5361 #A5DC53

split-complementary

#53DCCE #DC53A5 #DC8A53

monochromatic

#1F968A #29C9B9 #53DCCE #86E6DC #B9F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#53DCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#53DCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCCE

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCCE	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.119 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7dc',
    500: '#53dcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dcce;
$custom-light: #92e7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.869,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8167,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCCE

secondary

#9B3943

accent

#3F50E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCCE

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

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