#53C3CD#53C3CD

#53C3CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.102 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3CD
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -28.66, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 32.14, 206.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0934 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.102 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0972, 45.2735, 64.6875)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3CD #CD5D53

analogous

#53CD9A #53C3CD #5386CD

triadic

#53C3CD #CD53C3 #C3CD53

tetradic

#53C3CD #9A53CD #CD5D53 #86CD53

square

#53C3CD #9A53CD #CD5D53 #86CD53

split-complementary

#53C3CD #CD5386 #CD9A53

monochromatic

#257980 #33A6B0 #53C3CD #82D4DB #B2E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53C3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#53C3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3CD

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3CD	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.102 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d5dc',
    500: '#53c3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3cd;
$custom-light: #90d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.918,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75692,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3CD

secondary

#D7A9A5

accent

#564ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3CD

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

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