#53C8CC#53C8CC

#53C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.104 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8CC
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -31.35, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 33.52, 200.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.099 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.104 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1160, 47.5035, 64.4335)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8CC #CC5753

analogous

#53CC94 #53C8CC #538CCC

triadic

#53C8CC #CC53C8 #C8CC53

tetradic

#53C8CC #9453CC #CC5753 #8CCC53

square

#53C8CC #9453CC #CC5753 #8CCC53

split-complementary

#53C8CC #CC538C #CC9453

monochromatic

#267C7F #34AAAE #53C8CC #82D7DA #B1E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#53C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8CC

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8CC	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.104 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9db',
    500: '#53c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8cc;
$custom-light: #90d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.983,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76842,
    "c": 0.10435,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8CC

secondary

#D6A6A4

accent

#4F4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8CC

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

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