#53C0D5#53C0D5

#53C0D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.103 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0D5
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 213)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 9.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -24.87, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 31.82, 218.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.087 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.103 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4222, 44.3388, 69.6821)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0D5 #D56853

analogous

#53D5A9 #53C0D5 #537FD5

triadic

#53C0D5 #D553C0 #C0D553

tetradic

#53C0D5 #A953D5 #D56853 #7FD553

square

#53C0D5 #A953D5 #D56853 #7FD553

split-complementary

#53C0D5 #D5537F #D5A953

monochromatic

#227A8C #2EA6BD #53C0D5 #84D2E1 #B5E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53C0D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#53C0D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0D5

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0D5	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.103 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d3e2',
    500: '#53c0d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0d5;
$custom-light: #90d3e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.692,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75282,
    "c": 0.10293,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0D5

secondary

#DCB0A8

accent

#5E44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0D5

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

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