#53C2D4#53C2D4

#53C2D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.103 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2D4
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 212)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -26.16, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 32.02, 215.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0895 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.103 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7378, 45.1724, 69.1630)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2D4 #D46553

analogous

#53D4A5 #53C2D4 #5381D4

triadic

#53C2D4 #D453C2 #C2D453

tetradic

#53C2D4 #A553D4 #D46553 #81D453

square

#53C2D4 #A553D4 #D46553 #81D453

split-complementary

#53C2D4 #D45381 #D4A553

monochromatic

#237C8A #2FA7BB #53C2D4 #84D3E0 #B5E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53C2D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#53C2D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2D4

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2D4	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BBD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.103 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4e1',
    500: '#53c2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2d4;
$custom-light: #90d4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.372,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75713,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2D4

secondary

#DBAFA8

accent

#5B45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2D4

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

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