#53C1C2#53C1C2

#53C1C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.100 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1C2
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 194)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -30.75, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 32.32, 197.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0959 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.1 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3707, 43.8707, 57.7904)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1C2 #C25453

analogous

#53C28C #53C1C2 #5389C2

triadic

#53C1C2 #C253C1 #C1C253

tetradic

#53C1C2 #8C53C2 #C25453 #89C253

square

#53C1C2 #8C53C2 #C25453 #89C253

split-complementary

#53C1C2 #C25389 #C28C53

monochromatic

#287172 #389E9F #53C1C2 #80D1D2 #ADE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53C1C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#53C1C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1C2

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1C2	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B9C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.100 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4d4',
    500: '#53c1c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1c2;
$custom-light: #8fd4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.541,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74829,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1C2

secondary

#D0A1A1

accent

#5251D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1C2

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

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