#53C0CE#53C0CE

#53C0CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.101 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0CE
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -26.90, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 31.49, 211.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0898 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.101 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5529, 43.9911, 65.1034)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0CE #CE6153

analogous

#53CE9F #53C0CE #5383CE

triadic

#53C0CE #CE53C0 #C0CE53

tetradic

#53C0CE #9F53CE #CE6153 #83CE53

square

#53C0CE #9F53CE #CE6153 #83CE53

split-complementary

#53C0CE #CE5383 #CE9F53

monochromatic

#257782 #33A3B1 #53C0CE #83D1DC #B2E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53C0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#53C0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0CE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0CE	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.101 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d3dd',
    500: '#53c0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0ce;
$custom-light: #90d3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.829,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75018,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0CE

secondary

#D8ABA5

accent

#5A49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0CE

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

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