#53C0CF#53C0CF

#53C0CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.101 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0CF
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 207)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -26.61, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 31.51, 212.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0894 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.101 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6747, 44.0398, 65.7452)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0CF #CF6253

analogous

#53CFA0 #53C0CF #5382CF

triadic

#53C0CF #CF53C0 #C0CF53

tetradic

#53C0CF #A053CF #CF6253 #82CF53

square

#53C0CF #A053CF #CF6253 #82CF53

split-complementary

#53C0CF #CF5382 #CFA053

monochromatic

#257883 #32A3B3 #53C0CF #83D2DC #B3E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53C0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#53C0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0CF

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0CF	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.101 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d3dd',
    500: '#53c0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0cf;
$custom-light: #90d3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.258,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75055,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0CF

secondary

#D8ACA6

accent

#5A48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0CF

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

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