#53C2CC#53C2CC

#53C2CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.101 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2CC
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 4.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -28.45, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 31.93, 207.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0927 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.101 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7536, 44.7787, 63.9794)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2CC #CC5D53

analogous

#53CC9A #53C2CC #5386CC

triadic

#53C2CC #CC53C2 #C2CC53

tetradic

#53C2CC #9A53CC #CC5D53 #86CC53

square

#53C2CC #9A53CC #CC5D53 #86CC53

split-complementary

#53C2CC #CC5386 #CC9A53

monochromatic

#26787F #34A4AE #53C2CC #82D3DA #B1E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53C2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#53C2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2CC

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2CC	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.101 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4db',
    500: '#53c2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2cc;
$custom-light: #90d4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.959,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75419,
    "c": 0.10104,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2CC

secondary

#D6A9A4

accent

#564ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2CC

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

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