#53C2CE#53C2CE

#53C2CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.101 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2CE
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -27.88, -15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 31.90, 209.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0919 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.101 205)
XYZ	xyz(33.9950, 44.8753, 65.2508)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2CE #CE5F53

analogous

#53CE9D #53C2CE #5385CE

triadic

#53C2CE #CE53C2 #C2CE53

tetradic

#53C2CE #9D53CE #CE5F53 #85CE53

square

#53C2CE #9D53CE #CE5F53 #85CE53

split-complementary

#53C2CE #CE5385 #CE9D53

monochromatic

#257982 #33A5B1 #53C2CE #83D3DC #B2E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53C2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#53C2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2CE

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2CE	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.101 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4dd',
    500: '#53c2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2ce;
$custom-light: #90d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.854,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75491,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.44879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2CE

secondary

#D8AAA5

accent

#5749DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2CE

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

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