#53C4CE#53C4CE

#53C4CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.102 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4CE
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -28.86, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 32.35, 206.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.094 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.102 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4431, 45.7715, 65.4002)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4CE #CE5D53

analogous

#53CE9B #53C4CE #5387CE

triadic

#53C4CE #CE53C4 #C4CE53

tetradic

#53C4CE #9B53CE #CE5D53 #87CE53

square

#53C4CE #9B53CE #CE5D53 #87CE53

split-complementary

#53C4CE #CE5387 #CE9B53

monochromatic

#257A82 #33A7B1 #53C4CE #83D4DC #B2E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#53C4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#53C4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4CE

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4CE	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.102 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6dd',
    500: '#53c4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4ce;
$custom-light: #90d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.878,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75964,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4CE

secondary

#D8A9A5

accent

#5549DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4CE

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

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