#53C3CA#53C3CA

#53C3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.101 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3CA
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -29.50, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 32.27, 203.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0946 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.101 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7385, 45.1300, 62.7986)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3CA #CA5A53

analogous

#53CA95 #53C3CA #5387CA

triadic

#53C3CA #CA53C3 #C3CA53

tetradic

#53C3CA #9553CA #CA5A53 #87CA53

square

#53C3CA #9553CA #CA5A53 #87CA53

split-complementary

#53C3CA #CA5387 #CA9553

monochromatic

#26777C #35A4AB #53C3CA #82D3D8 #B1E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53C3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#53C3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3CA

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3CA	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.101 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d5da',
    500: '#53c3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3ca;
$custom-light: #90d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75584,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3CA

secondary

#D5A7A4

accent

#544CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3CA

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

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