#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
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -30.95, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 33.10, 200.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0978 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.103 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4175, 46.4879, 63.0249)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##53C6CA	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53C6CA

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

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