#53C5CE#53C5CE

#53C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.103 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5CE
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -29.35, -14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 32.59, 205.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0951 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.103 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6694, 46.2242, 65.4756)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5CE #CE5C53

analogous

#53CE9A #53C5CE #5388CE

triadic

#53C5CE #CE53C5 #C5CE53

tetradic

#53C5CE #9A53CE #CE5C53 #88CE53

square

#53C5CE #9A53CE #CE5C53 #88CE53

split-complementary

#53C5CE #CE5388 #CE9A53

monochromatic

#257B82 #33A8B1 #53C5CE #83D5DC #B2E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#53C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#53C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5CE

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5CE	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.103 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d7dd',
    500: '#53c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5ce;
$custom-light: #90d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.39,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76201,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5CE

secondary

#D8A9A5

accent

#5449DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5CE

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

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