#53C0CB#53C0CB

#53C0CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.100 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0CB
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -27.75, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 31.50, 208.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.091 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.1 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1919, 43.8467, 63.2024)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0CB #CB5E53

analogous

#53CB9A #53C0CB #5384CB

triadic

#53C0CB #CB53C0 #C0CB53

tetradic

#53C0CB #9A53CB #CB5E53 #84CB53

square

#53C0CB #9A53CB #CB5E53 #84CB53

split-complementary

#53C0CB #CB5384 #CB9A53

monochromatic

#26767E #34A2AD #53C0CB #82D1D9 #B1E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53C0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#53C0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0CB

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0CB	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.100 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3da',
    500: '#53c0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0cb;
$custom-light: #8fd3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74908,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0CB

secondary

#D6A9A4

accent

#584BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0CB

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

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