#53C7CB#53C7CB

#53C7CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.104 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C7CB
RGB	rgb(83, 199, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -31.15, -11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 33.31, 200.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0984 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.104 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7656, 46.9941, 63.7269)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C7CB #CB5753

analogous

#53CB93 #53C7CB #538BCB

triadic

#53C7CB #CB53C7 #C7CB53

tetradic

#53C7CB #9353CB #CB5753 #8BCB53

square

#53C7CB #9353CB #CB5753 #8BCB53

split-complementary

#53C7CB #CB538B #CB9353

monochromatic

#267B7E #34A9AD #53C7CB #82D6D9 #B1E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#53C7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C7CB

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C7CB	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 199, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.104 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d8da',
    500: '#53c7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c7cb;
$custom-light: #90d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7657,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C7CB

secondary

#D6A6A4

accent

#504BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C7CB

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

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