#53C0C8#53C0C8

#53C0C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0C8
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 200)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 4%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -28.60, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 31.58, 205.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0922 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8379, 43.7051, 61.3377)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0C8 #C85B53

analogous

#53C896 #53C0C8 #5385C8

triadic

#53C0C8 #C853C0 #C0C853

tetradic

#53C0C8 #9653C8 #C85B53 #85C853

square

#53C0C8 #9653C8 #C85B53 #85C853

split-complementary

#53C0C8 #C85385 #C89653

monochromatic

#27747A #36A0A8 #53C0C8 #81D1D7 #B0E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53C0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#53C0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0C8

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0C8	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3d8',
    500: '#53c0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0c8;
$custom-light: #8fd3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.103,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.748,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0C8

secondary

#D4A6A3

accent

#574DDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0C8

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

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