#53C9CA#53C9CA

#53C9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.105 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9CA
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -32.38, -10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 34.02, 197.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.1009 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.105 196)
XYZ	xyz(35.1100, 47.8729, 63.2557)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9CA #CA5453

analogous

#53CA8F #53C9CA #538DCA

triadic

#53C9CA #CA53C9 #C9CA53

tetradic

#53C9CA #8F53CA #CA5453 #8DCA53

square

#53C9CA #8F53CA #CA5453 #8DCA53

split-complementary

#53C9CA #CA538D #CA8F53

monochromatic

#267C7C #35AAAB #53C9CA #82D8D8 #B1E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#53C9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9CA

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9CA	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.105 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dada',
    500: '#53c9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9ca;
$custom-light: #90dada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.504,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77012,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.47877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9CA

secondary

#D5A4A4

accent

#4D4CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9CA

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

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