#53C9CC#53C9CC

#53C9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.105 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9CC
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -31.83, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 33.82, 199.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.1001 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.105 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3483, 47.9683, 64.5109)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9CC #CC5653

analogous

#53CC93 #53C9CC #538DCC

triadic

#53C9CC #CC53C9 #C9CC53

tetradic

#53C9CC #9353CC #CC5653 #8DCC53

square

#53C9CC #9353CC #CC5653 #8DCC53

split-complementary

#53C9CC #CC538D #CC9353

monochromatic

#267D7F #34ABAE #53C9CC #82D8DA #B1E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53C9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#53C9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9CC

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9CC	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.105 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dadb',
    500: '#53c9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9cc;
$custom-light: #90dadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.488,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7708,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9CC

secondary

#D6A6A4

accent

#4E4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9CC

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

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