#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
RGBrgb(83, 195, 203)
HSLhsl(184, 54%, 56%)
HSVhsv(184, 59%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(59.1%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.01, -29.22, -13.57)
CIE-LCHlch(73.01, 32.22, 204.91°)
OKLaboklab(75.62% -0.0942 -0.0375)
OKLCHoklch(75.62% 0.101 201.7)
XYZxyz(33.8573, 45.1775, 63.4242)
Luminance0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##53C3CB1.002.0910.0410.04
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0421.001.001.00
##00000010.0421.001.001.00

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

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#53C3CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva