#53C3CB#53C3CB

#53C3CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.101 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3CB
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 203)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -29.22, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 32.22, 204.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0942 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.101 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8573, 45.1775, 63.4242)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3CB #CB5B53

analogous

#53CB97 #53C3CB #5387CB

triadic

#53C3CB #CB53C3 #C3CB53

tetradic

#53C3CB #9753CB #CB5B53 #87CB53

square

#53C3CB #9753CB #CB5B53 #87CB53

split-complementary

#53C3CB #CB5387 #CB9753

monochromatic

#26787E #34A5AD #53C3CB #82D3D9 #B1E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53C3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#53C3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3CB

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3CB	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)

#B6BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.101 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d5da',
    500: '#53c3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3cb;
$custom-light: #90d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7562,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3CB

secondary

#D6A7A4

accent

#554BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3CB

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

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