#53C1CA#53C1CA

#53C1CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1CA
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 4.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -28.52, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 31.75, 206.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0925 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2934, 44.2398, 62.6502)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1CA #CA5C53

analogous

#53CA97 #53C1CA #5385CA

triadic

#53C1CA #CA53C1 #C1CA53

tetradic

#53C1CA #9753CA #CA5C53 #85CA53

square

#53C1CA #9753CA #CA5C53 #85CA53

split-complementary

#53C1CA #CA5385 #CA9753

monochromatic

#26767C #35A2AB #53C1CA #82D2D8 #B1E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53C1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#53C1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1CA

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1CA	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4da',
    500: '#53c1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1ca;
$custom-light: #8fd4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.538,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7511,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1CA

secondary

#D5A7A4

accent

#564CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1CA

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

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