#53C7CC#53C7CC

#53C7CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.104 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C7CC
RGB	rgb(83, 199, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -30.87, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 33.23, 201.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.098 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.104 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8851, 47.0419, 64.3565)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C7CC #CC5853

analogous

#53CC95 #53C7CC #538BCC

triadic

#53C7CC #CC53C7 #C7CC53

tetradic

#53C7CC #9553CC #CC5853 #8BCC53

square

#53C7CC #9553CC #CC5853 #8BCC53

split-complementary

#53C7CC #CC538B #CC9553

monochromatic

#267B7F #34A9AE #53C7CC #82D6DA #B1E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#53C7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C7CC

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C7CC	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 199, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.104 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d8db',
    500: '#53c7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c7cc;
$custom-light: #90d8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.479,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76605,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C7CC

secondary

#D6A7A4

accent

#504ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C7CC

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

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