#53C1CF#53C1CF

#53C1CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.101 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1CF
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 207)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -27.10, -16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 31.70, 211.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0904 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.101 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8950, 44.4804, 65.8187)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1CF #CF6153

analogous

#53CF9F #53C1CF #5383CF

triadic

#53C1CF #CF53C1 #C1CF53

tetradic

#53C1CF #9F53CF #CF6153 #83CF53

square

#53C1CF #9F53CF #CF6153 #83CF53

split-complementary

#53C1CF #CF5383 #CF9F53

monochromatic

#257883 #32A4B3 #53C1CF #83D2DC #B3E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#53C1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#53C1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1CF

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1CF	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.101 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4dd',
    500: '#53c1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1cf;
$custom-light: #90d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.774,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75291,
    "c": 0.10124,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1CF

secondary

#D8ABA6

accent

#5948E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1CF

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

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