#53C4CB#53C4CB

#53C4CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.102 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4CB
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 203)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -29.71, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 32.48, 203.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0952 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.102 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0821, 45.6272, 63.4991)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4CB #CB5A53

analogous

#53CB96 #53C4CB #5388CB

triadic

#53C4CB #CB53C4 #C4CB53

tetradic

#53C4CB #9653CB #CB5A53 #88CB53

square

#53C4CB #9653CB #CB5A53 #88CB53

split-complementary

#53C4CB #CB5388 #CB9653

monochromatic

#26797E #34A6AD #53C4CB #82D4D9 #B1E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#53C4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#53C4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4CB

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4CB	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.102 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6da',
    500: '#53c4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4cb;
$custom-light: #90d6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75857,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4CB

secondary

#D6A7A4

accent

#534BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4CB

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

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