#53C2CA#53C2CA

#53C2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.101 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2CA
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -29.01, -13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 32.01, 204.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0935 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.101 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5152, 44.6834, 62.7242)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2CA #CA5B53

analogous

#53CA96 #53C2CA #5386CA

triadic

#53C2CA #CA53C2 #C2CA53

tetradic

#53C2CA #9653CA #CA5B53 #86CA53

square

#53C2CA #9653CA #CA5B53 #86CA53

split-complementary

#53C2CA #CA5386 #CA9653

monochromatic

#26777C #35A3AB #53C2CA #82D3D8 #B1E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53C2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#53C2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2CA

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2CA	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.101 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4da',
    500: '#53c2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2ca;
$custom-light: #8fd4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.034,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75347,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2CA

secondary

#D5A7A4

accent

#554CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2CA

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

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