#53C4C7#53C4C7

#53C4C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.102 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4C7
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 199)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 1.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -30.82, -11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 32.77, 199.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0969 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.102 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6116, 45.4389, 61.0210)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4C7 #C75653

analogous

#53C790 #53C4C7 #538AC7

triadic

#53C4C7 #C753C4 #C4C753

tetradic

#53C4C7 #9053C7 #C75653 #8AC753

square

#53C4C7 #9053C7 #C75653 #8AC753

split-complementary

#53C4C7 #C7538A #C79053

monochromatic

#277678 #36A4A7 #53C4C7 #81D4D6 #AFE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#53C4C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#53C4C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4C7

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4C7	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.102 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6d8',
    500: '#53c4c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4c7;
$custom-light: #8fd6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.552,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75717,
    "c": 0.10171,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4C7

secondary

#D3A4A3

accent

#514DDA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4C7

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

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