#53C0CC#53C0CC

#53C0CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.100 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0CC
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -27.47, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 31.49, 209.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0906 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.1 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3115, 43.8945, 63.8320)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0CC #CC5F53

analogous

#53CC9C #53C0CC #5384CC

triadic

#53C0CC #CC53C0 #C0CC53

tetradic

#53C0CC #9C53CC #CC5F53 #84CC53

square

#53C0CC #9C53CC #CC5F53 #84CC53

split-complementary

#53C0CC #CC5384 #CC9C53

monochromatic

#26767F #34A2AE #53C0CC #82D1DA #B1E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53C0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#53C0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0CC

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0CC	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.100 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3db',
    500: '#53c0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0cc;
$custom-light: #8fd3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.95,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74945,
    "c": 0.10012,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0CC

secondary

#D6A9A4

accent

#594ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0CC

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

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