#53C5CB#53C5CB

#53C5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.103 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5CB
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -30.19, -12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 32.75, 202.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0963 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.103 200)
XYZ	xyz(34.3084, 46.0798, 63.5745)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5CB #CB5953

analogous

#53CB95 #53C5CB #5389CB

triadic

#53C5CB #CB53C5 #C5CB53

tetradic

#53C5CB #9553CB #CB5953 #89CB53

square

#53C5CB #9553CB #CB5953 #89CB53

split-complementary

#53C5CB #CB5389 #CB9553

monochromatic

#26797E #34A7AD #53C5CB #82D5D9 #B1E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#53C5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5CB

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5CB	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.103 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d7da',
    500: '#53c5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5cb;
$custom-light: #90d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76095,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.46083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5CB

secondary

#D6A7A4

accent

#524BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5CB

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

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