#53C1CC#53C1CC

#53C1CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.101 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1CC
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -27.96, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 31.70, 208.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0917 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.101 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5318, 44.3351, 63.9054)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1CC #CC5E53

analogous

#53CC9B #53C1CC #5385CC

triadic

#53C1CC #CC53C1 #C1CC53

tetradic

#53C1CC #9B53CC #CC5E53 #85CC53

square

#53C1CC #9B53CC #CC5E53 #85CC53

split-complementary

#53C1CC #CC5385 #CC9B53

monochromatic

#26777F #34A3AE #53C1CC #82D2DA #B1E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53C1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#53C1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1CC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1CC	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)

#B3BACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.101 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4db',
    500: '#53c1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1cc;
$custom-light: #8fd4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75182,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1CC

secondary

#D6A9A4

accent

#584ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1CC

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

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