#53C1CB#53C1CB

#53C1CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.100 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1CB
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 4.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -28.24, -14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 31.73, 207.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0921 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.1 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4122, 44.2873, 63.2758)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1CB #CB5D53

analogous

#53CB99 #53C1CB #5385CB

triadic

#53C1CB #CB53C1 #C1CB53

tetradic

#53C1CB #9953CB #CB5D53 #85CB53

square

#53C1CB #9953CB #CB5D53 #85CB53

split-complementary

#53C1CB #CB5385 #CB9953

monochromatic

#26767E #34A3AD #53C1CB #82D2D9 #B1E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53C1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#53C1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1CB

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1CB	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.100 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4da',
    500: '#53c1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1cb;
$custom-light: #8fd4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75146,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1CB

secondary

#D6A8A4

accent

#574BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1CB

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

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