#53C2D8#53C2D8

#53C2D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.105 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2D8
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 216)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -24.99, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 32.28, 219.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0879 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.105 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2486, 45.3768, 71.8534)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2D8 #D86953

analogous

#53D8AB #53C2D8 #537FD8

triadic

#53C2D8 #D853C2 #C2D853

tetradic

#53C2D8 #AB53D8 #D86953 #7FD853

square

#53C2D8 #AB53D8 #D86953 #7FD853

split-complementary

#53C2D8 #D8537F #D8AB53

monochromatic

#217E90 #2CA9C2 #53C2D8 #85D4E3 #B7E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#53C2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#53C2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2D8

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2D8	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.105 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4e4',
    500: '#53c2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2d8;
$custom-light: #91d4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.925,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75866,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2D8

secondary

#DEB2A9

accent

#5D42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2D8

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

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