#53C3CC#53C3CC

#53C3CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.102 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3CC
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -28.94, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 32.17, 205.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0938 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.102 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9769, 45.2254, 64.0538)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3CC #CC5C53

analogous

#53CC99 #53C3CC #5387CC

triadic

#53C3CC #CC53C3 #C3CC53

tetradic

#53C3CC #9953CC #CC5C53 #87CC53

square

#53C3CC #9953CC #CC5C53 #87CC53

split-complementary

#53C3CC #CC5387 #CC9953

monochromatic

#26787F #34A5AE #53C3CC #82D3DA #B1E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53C3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#53C3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3CC

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3CC	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.102 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d5db',
    500: '#53c3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3cc;
$custom-light: #90d5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.463,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75656,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3CC

secondary

#D6A8A4

accent

#554ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3CC

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

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