#53C0CA#53C0CA

#53C0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.100 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0CA
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -28.03, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 31.52, 207.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0914 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.1 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0731, 43.7992, 62.5768)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0CA #CA5D53

analogous

#53CA98 #53C0CA #5384CA

triadic

#53C0CA #CA53C0 #C0CA53

tetradic

#53C0CA #9853CA #CA5D53 #84CA53

square

#53C0CA #9853CA #CA5D53 #84CA53

split-complementary

#53C0CA #CA5384 #CA9853

monochromatic

#26757C #35A1AB #53C0CA #82D1D8 #B1E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53C0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#53C0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0CA

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0CA	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.100 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3da',
    500: '#53c0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0ca;
$custom-light: #8fd3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.042,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74872,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0CA

secondary

#D5A8A4

accent

#584CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0CA

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

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