#53C3CF#53C3CF

#53C3CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.102 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3CF
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 207)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -28.09, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 32.11, 208.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0925 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.102 205)
XYZ	xyz(34.3402, 45.3707, 65.9670)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3CF #CF5F53

analogous

#53CF9D #53C3CF #5385CF

triadic

#53C3CF #CF53C3 #C3CF53

tetradic

#53C3CF #9D53CF #CF5F53 #85CF53

square

#53C3CF #9D53CF #CF5F53 #85CF53

split-complementary

#53C3CF #CF5385 #CF9D53

monochromatic

#257A83 #32A6B3 #53C3CF #83D4DC #B3E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#53C3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#53C3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3CF

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3CF	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	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)

#B5BCD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.102 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d5dd',
    500: '#53c3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3cf;
$custom-light: #90d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75764,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.45374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3CF

secondary

#D8ABA6

accent

#5748E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3CF

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

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