#53C1CD#53C1CD

#53C1CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.101 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1CD
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -27.68, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 31.69, 209.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0912 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.101 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6521, 44.3833, 64.5391)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1CD #CD5F53

analogous

#53CD9C #53C1CD #5384CD

triadic

#53C1CD #CD53C1 #C1CD53

tetradic

#53C1CD #9C53CD #CD5F53 #84CD53

square

#53C1CD #9C53CD #CD5F53 #84CD53

split-complementary

#53C1CD #CD5384 #CD9C53

monochromatic

#257780 #33A3B0 #53C1CD #82D2DB #B2E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53C1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#53C1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1CD

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1CD	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.101 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4dc',
    500: '#53c1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1cd;
$custom-light: #90d4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.902,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75218,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1CD

secondary

#D7AAA5

accent

#584ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1CD

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

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