#53C8CA#53C8CA

#53C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.104 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8CA
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -31.91, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 33.71, 198.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0999 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.104 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8776, 47.4082, 63.1783)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8CA #CA5553

analogous

#53CA90 #53C8CA #538CCA

triadic

#53C8CA #CA53C8 #C8CA53

tetradic

#53C8CA #9053CA #CA5553 #8CCA53

square

#53C8CA #9053CA #CA5553 #8CCA53

split-complementary

#53C8CA #CA538C #CA9053

monochromatic

#267B7C #35A9AB #53C8CA #82D7D8 #B1E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#53C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8CA

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8CA	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.104 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9da',
    500: '#53c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8ca;
$custom-light: #90d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.008,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76773,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8CA

secondary

#D5A5A4

accent

#4E4CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8CA

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

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