#53C5CF#53C5CF

#53C5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.103 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5CF
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 207)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -29.07, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 32.56, 206.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0946 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.103 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7913, 46.2729, 66.1174)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5CF #CF5D53

analogous

#53CF9B #53C5CF #5387CF

triadic

#53C5CF #CF53C5 #C5CF53

tetradic

#53C5CF #9B53CF #CF5D53 #87CF53

square

#53C5CF #9B53CF #CF5D53 #87CF53

split-complementary

#53C5CF #CF5387 #CF9B53

monochromatic

#257B83 #32A8B3 #53C5CF #83D5DC #B3E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#53C5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#53C5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5CF

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5CF	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.103 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d7dd',
    500: '#53c5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5cf;
$custom-light: #90d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.839,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76237,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5CF

secondary

#D8AAA6

accent

#5448E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5CF

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

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