#53C6DB#53C6DB

#53C6DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.107 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6DB
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -26.11, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 32.97, 217.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0908 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.107 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5423, 47.3378, 74.2154)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6DB #DB6853

analogous

#53DBAC #53C6DB #5382DB

triadic

#53C6DB #DB53C6 #C6DB53

tetradic

#53C6DB #AC53DB #DB6853 #82DB53

square

#53C6DB #AC53DB #DB6853 #82DB53

split-complementary

#53C6DB #DB5382 #DBAC53

monochromatic

#1F8295 #2AAFC7 #53C6DB #86D7E6 #B8E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#53C6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#53C6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6DB

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6DB	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.107 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7e6',
    500: '#53c6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6db;
$custom-light: #91d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.265,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76917,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6DB

secondary

#DFB3AA

accent

#5A3FE8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6DB

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

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