#53C4CF#53C4CF

#53C4CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.103 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4CF
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 207)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -28.58, -15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 32.33, 207.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0936 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.103 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5650, 45.8203, 66.0420)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4CF #CF5E53

analogous

#53CF9C #53C4CF #5386CF

triadic

#53C4CF #CF53C4 #C4CF53

tetradic

#53C4CF #9C53CF #CF5E53 #86CF53

square

#53C4CF #9C53CF #CF5E53 #86CF53

split-complementary

#53C4CF #CF5386 #CF9C53

monochromatic

#257B83 #32A7B3 #53C4CF #83D4DC #B3E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#53C4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#53C4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4CF

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4CF	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.103 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6dd',
    500: '#53c4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4cf;
$custom-light: #90d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.323,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76001,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4CF

secondary

#D8AAA6

accent

#5648E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4CF

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

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