#53C2CB#53C2CB

#53C2CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.101 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2CB
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 4.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -28.73, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 31.96, 205.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0931 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.101 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6340, 44.7309, 63.3497)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2CB #CB5C53

analogous

#53CB98 #53C2CB #5386CB

triadic

#53C2CB #CB53C2 #C2CB53

tetradic

#53C2CB #9853CB #CB5C53 #86CB53

square

#53C2CB #9853CB #CB5C53 #86CB53

split-complementary

#53C2CB #CB5386 #CB9853

monochromatic

#26777E #34A4AD #53C2CB #82D3D9 #B1E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53C2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#53C2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2CB

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2CB	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.101 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4da',
    500: '#53c2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2cb;
$custom-light: #90d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75383,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2CB

secondary

#D6A8A4

accent

#564BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2CB

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

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