#53C8CB#53C8CB

#53C8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.104 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8CB
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -31.63, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 33.61, 199.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0995 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.104 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9964, 47.4557, 63.8039)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8CB #CB5653

analogous

#53CB92 #53C8CB #538CCB

triadic

#53C8CB #CB53C8 #C8CB53

tetradic

#53C8CB #9253CB #CB5653 #8CCB53

square

#53C8CB #9253CB #CB5653 #8CCB53

split-complementary

#53C8CB #CB538C #CB9253

monochromatic

#267B7E #34AAAD #53C8CB #82D7D9 #B1E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53C8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#53C8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8CB

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8CB	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.104 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9da',
    500: '#53c8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8cb;
$custom-light: #90d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76808,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8CB

secondary

#D6A5A4

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8CB

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

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