#53C1CE#53C1CE

#53C1CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.101 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1CE
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -27.39, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 31.69, 210.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0908 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.101 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7732, 44.4317, 65.1769)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1CE #CE6053

analogous

#53CE9D #53C1CE #5384CE

triadic

#53C1CE #CE53C1 #C1CE53

tetradic

#53C1CE #9D53CE #CE6053 #84CE53

square

#53C1CE #9D53CE #CE6053 #84CE53

split-complementary

#53C1CE #CE5384 #CE9D53

monochromatic

#257882 #33A4B1 #53C1CE #83D2DC #B2E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#53C1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#53C1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1CE

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1CE	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.101 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4dd',
    500: '#53c1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1ce;
$custom-light: #90d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.341,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75255,
    "c": 0.101,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1CE

secondary

#D8ABA5

accent

#5949DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1CE

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

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