#53C4CC#53C4CC

#53C4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.102 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4CC
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 3.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -29.42, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 32.42, 204.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0948 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.102 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2017, 45.6750, 64.1287)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4CC #CC5B53

analogous

#53CC98 #53C4CC #5388CC

triadic

#53C4CC #CC53C4 #C4CC53

tetradic

#53C4CC #9853CC #CC5B53 #88CC53

square

#53C4CC #9853CC #CC5B53 #88CC53

split-complementary

#53C4CC #CC5388 #CC9853

monochromatic

#26797F #34A6AE #53C4CC #82D4DA #B1E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#53C4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#53C4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4CC

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4CC	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.102 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6db',
    500: '#53c4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4cc;
$custom-light: #90d6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.967,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75893,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4CC

secondary

#D6A8A4

accent

#544ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4CC

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

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