#53C7DC#53C7DC

#53C7DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.107 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C7DC
RGB	rgb(83, 199, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -26.31, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 33.16, 217.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0915 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.107 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9036, 47.8493, 74.9872)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C7DC #DC6853

analogous

#53DCAD #53C7DC #5383DC

triadic

#53C7DC #DC53C7 #C7DC53

tetradic

#53C7DC #AD53DC #DC6853 #83DC53

square

#53C7DC #AD53DC #DC6853 #83DC53

split-complementary

#53C7DC #DC5383 #DCAD53

monochromatic

#1F8496 #29B0C9 #53C7DC #86D8E6 #B9E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#53C7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C7DC

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C7DC	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 199, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.107 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d8e6',
    500: '#53c7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c7dc;
$custom-light: #91d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.197,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77189,
    "c": 0.10726,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C7DC

secondary

#E0B3AB

accent

#593FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C7DC

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

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