#53C3CE#53C3CE

#53C3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.102 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3CE
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -28.37, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 32.12, 207.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0929 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.102 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2183, 45.3219, 65.3252)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3CE #CE5E53

analogous

#53CE9C #53C3CE #5386CE

triadic

#53C3CE #CE53C3 #C3CE53

tetradic

#53C3CE #9C53CE #CE5E53 #86CE53

square

#53C3CE #9C53CE #CE5E53 #86CE53

split-complementary

#53C3CE #CE5386 #CE9C53

monochromatic

#257982 #33A6B1 #53C3CE #83D4DC #B2E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53C3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#53C3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3CE

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3CE	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.102 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d5dd',
    500: '#53c3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3ce;
$custom-light: #90d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.366,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75728,
    "c": 0.10187,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3CE

secondary

#D8AAA5

accent

#5649DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3CE

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

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