#53C6CE#53C6CE

#53C6CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.103 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6CE
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -29.83, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 32.84, 204.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0961 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.103 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8972, 46.6798, 65.5515)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6CE #CE5B53

analogous

#53CE98 #53C6CE #5389CE

triadic

#53C6CE #CE53C6 #C6CE53

tetradic

#53C6CE #9853CE #CE5B53 #89CE53

square

#53C6CE #9853CE #CE5B53 #89CE53

split-complementary

#53C6CE #CE5389 #CE9853

monochromatic

#257C82 #33A9B1 #53C6CE #83D6DC #B2E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#53C6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#53C6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6CE

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6CE	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.103 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d7dd',
    500: '#53c6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6ce;
$custom-light: #90d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.902,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76438,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6CE

secondary

#D8A9A5

accent

#5349DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6CE

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

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