#53C8C0#53C8C0

#53C8C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.105 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8C0
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 192)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 4%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -34.61, -5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 35.11, 189.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.1042 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.105 189)
XYZ	xyz(33.7318, 46.9499, 57.1435)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8C0 #C8535B

analogous

#53C885 #53C8C0 #5396C8

triadic

#53C8C0 #C053C8 #C8C053

tetradic

#53C8C0 #8553C8 #C8535B #96C853

square

#53C8C0 #8553C8 #C8535B #96C853

split-complementary

#53C8C0 #C85396 #C88553

monochromatic

#277A74 #36A8A0 #53C8C0 #81D7D1 #B0E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C8C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#53C8C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8C0

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8C0	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)

#BEBEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.105 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9d3',
    500: '#53c8c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8c0;
$custom-light: #8fd9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.897,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7644,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.46953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8C0

secondary

#D4A3A6

accent

#4D57DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8C0

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

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