#53C6CB#53C6CB

#53C6CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.103 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6CB
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -30.67, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 33.02, 201.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0974 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.103 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5363, 46.5354, 63.6505)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6CB #CB5853

analogous

#53CB94 #53C6CB #538ACB

triadic

#53C6CB #CB53C6 #C6CB53

tetradic

#53C6CB #9453CB #CB5853 #8ACB53

square

#53C6CB #9453CB #CB5853 #8ACB53

split-complementary

#53C6CB #CB538A #CB9453

monochromatic

#267A7E #34A8AD #53C6CB #82D6D9 #B1E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#53C6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#53C6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6CB

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6CB	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.103 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d7da',
    500: '#53c6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6cb;
$custom-light: #90d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76332,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6CB

secondary

#D6A6A4

accent

#514BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6CB

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

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