#53C2C8#53C2C8

#53C2C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.101 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2C8
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 200)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 3%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -29.57, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 32.11, 202.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0944 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.101 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2800, 44.5893, 61.4851)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2C8 #C85953

analogous

#53C893 #53C2C8 #5387C8

triadic

#53C2C8 #C853C2 #C2C853

tetradic

#53C2C8 #9353C8 #C85953 #87C853

square

#53C2C8 #9353C8 #C85953 #87C853

split-complementary

#53C2C8 #C85387 #C89353

monochromatic

#27757A #36A2A8 #53C2C8 #81D2D7 #B0E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#53C2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#53C2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2C8

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2C8	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ACC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.101 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5d8',
    500: '#53c2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2c8;
$custom-light: #8fd5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.077,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75276,
    "c": 0.10053,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2C8

secondary

#D4A6A3

accent

#544DDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2C8

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

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