#53C6DC#53C6DC

#53C6DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.107 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6DC
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 10%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -25.81, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 33.05, 218.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0904 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.107 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6743, 47.3906, 74.9108)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6DC #DC6953

analogous

#53DCAE #53C6DC #5382DC

triadic

#53C6DC #DC53C6 #C6DC53

tetradic

#53C6DC #AE53DC #DC6953 #82DC53

square

#53C6DC #AE53DC #DC6953 #82DC53

split-complementary

#53C6DC #DC5382 #DCAE53

monochromatic

#1F8396 #29AFC9 #53C6DC #86D7E6 #B9E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53C6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#53C6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6DC

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6DC	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.107 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7e6',
    500: '#53c6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6dc;
$custom-light: #91d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.635,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76955,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6DC

secondary

#E0B3AB

accent

#5A3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6DC

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

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