#53C6CA#53C6CA

#53C6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.103 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53C6CA
RGBrgb(83, 198, 202)
HSLhsl(182, 53%, 56%)
HSVhsv(182, 59%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(58.9%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.86, -30.95, -11.75)
CIE-LCHlch(73.86, 33.10, 200.78°)
OKLaboklab(76.3% -0.0978 -0.0325)
OKLCHoklch(76.3% 0.103 198.4)
XYZxyz(34.4175, 46.4879, 63.0249)
Luminance0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53C6CA #CA5753
analogous
#53CA92 #53C6CA #538ACA
triadic
#53C6CA #CA53C6 #C6CA53
tetradic
#53C6CA #9253CA #CA5753 #8ACA53
square
#53C6CA #9253CA #CA5753 #8ACA53
split-complementary
#53C6CA #CA538A #CA9253
monochromatic
#26797C #35A7AB #53C6CA #82D6D8 #B1E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#53C6CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30
#53C6CA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6CA
10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53C6CA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53C6CA1.002.0410.3010.30
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3021.001.001.00
##00000010.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9BECA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6B0CB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCC7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53c6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.103 198.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d7da',
    500: '#53c6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53c6ca;
$custom-light: #90d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53c6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.017,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76298,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53C6CA
secondary
#D5A5A4
accent
#504CDC
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FAFA
border
#CCD3D3
text
#0E1414
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

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#53C6CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva