#53C0CD#53C0CD

#53C0CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.100 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0CD
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -27.18, -15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 31.48, 210.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0902 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.1 206)
XYZ	xyz(33.4318, 43.9426, 64.4657)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0CD #CD6053

analogous

#53CD9D #53C0CD #5383CD

triadic

#53C0CD #CD53C0 #C0CD53

tetradic

#53C0CD #9D53CD #CD6053 #83CD53

square

#53C0CD #9D53CD #CD6053 #83CD53

split-complementary

#53C0CD #CD5383 #CD9D53

monochromatic

#257780 #33A2B0 #53C0CD #82D1DB #B2E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53C0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#53C0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0CD

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0CD	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.100 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3dc',
    500: '#53c0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0cd;
$custom-light: #8fd3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.393,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74982,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.43946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0CD

secondary

#D7AAA5

accent

#594ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0CD

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

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