#53C9CD#53C9CD

#53C9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.105 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9CD
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -31.56, -11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 33.73, 200.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0997 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.105 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4686, 48.0164, 65.1446)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9CD #CD5753

analogous

#53CD94 #53C9CD #538CCD

triadic

#53C9CD #CD53C9 #C9CD53

tetradic

#53C9CD #9453CD #CD5753 #8CCD53

square

#53C9CD #9453CD #CD5753 #8CCD53

split-complementary

#53C9CD #CD538C #CD9453

monochromatic

#257D80 #33ACB0 #53C9CD #82D8DB #B2E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53C9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#53C9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9CD

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9CD	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.105 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dadc',
    500: '#53c9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9cd;
$custom-light: #90dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.967,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77115,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9CD

secondary

#D7A7A5

accent

#4E4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9CD

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

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