#53C5CA#53C5CA

#53C5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.102 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5CA
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -30.47, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 32.81, 201.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0967 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.102 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1897, 46.0323, 62.9490)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5CA #CA5853

analogous

#53CA93 #53C5CA #5389CA

triadic

#53C5CA #CA53C5 #C5CA53

tetradic

#53C5CA #9353CA #CA5853 #89CA53

square

#53C5CA #9353CA #CA5853 #89CA53

split-complementary

#53C5CA #CA5389 #CA9353

monochromatic

#26797C #35A6AB #53C5CA #82D5D8 #B1E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#53C5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5CA

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5CA	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.102 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d7da',
    500: '#53c5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5ca;
$custom-light: #90d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.521,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7606,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5CA

secondary

#D5A6A4

accent

#524CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5CA

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

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