#53C2CD#53C2CD

#53C2CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.101 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2CD
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -28.17, -15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 31.91, 208.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0923 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.101 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8739, 44.8269, 64.6130)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2CD #CD5E53

analogous

#53CD9B #53C2CD #5385CD

triadic

#53C2CD #CD53C2 #C2CD53

tetradic

#53C2CD #9B53CD #CD5E53 #85CD53

square

#53C2CD #9B53CD #CD5E53 #85CD53

split-complementary

#53C2CD #CD5385 #CD9B53

monochromatic

#257880 #33A4B0 #53C2CD #82D3DB #B2E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53C2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#53C2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2CD

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2CD	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.101 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4dc',
    500: '#53c2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2cd;
$custom-light: #90d4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.41,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75455,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2CD

secondary

#D7A9A5

accent

#574ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2CD

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

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