#53C7CA#53C7CA

#53C7CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.104 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C7CA
RGB	rgb(83, 199, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -31.43, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 33.40, 199.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0988 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.104 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6468, 46.9465, 63.1013)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C7CA #CA5653

analogous

#53CA91 #53C7CA #538BCA

triadic

#53C7CA #CA53C7 #C7CA53

tetradic

#53C7CA #9153CA #CA5653 #8BCA53

square

#53C7CA #9153CA #CA5653 #8BCA53

split-complementary

#53C7CA #CA538B #CA9153

monochromatic

#267A7C #35A8AB #53C7CA #82D6D8 #B1E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#53C7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C7CA

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C7CA	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 199, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.104 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d8da',
    500: '#53c7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c7ca;
$custom-light: #90d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.513,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76535,
    "c": 0.10368,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C7CA

secondary

#D5A5A4

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C7CA

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

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