#53C8CE#53C8CE

#53C8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.104 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8CE
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -30.80, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 33.37, 202.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0982 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.104 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3574, 47.6001, 65.7049)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8CE #CE5953

analogous

#53CE97 #53C8CE #538BCE

triadic

#53C8CE #CE53C8 #C8CE53

tetradic

#53C8CE #9753CE #CE5953 #8BCE53

square

#53C8CE #9753CE #CE5953 #8BCE53

split-complementary

#53C8CE #CE538B #CE9753

monochromatic

#257D82 #33ABB1 #53C8CE #83D7DC #B2E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53C8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#53C8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8CE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8CE	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.104 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9dc',
    500: '#53c8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8ce;
$custom-light: #90d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.927,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76912,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8CE

secondary

#D8A8A5

accent

#5049DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8CE

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

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