#53C9DC#53C9DC

#53C9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.108 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9DC
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -27.30, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 33.44, 215.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0935 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.108 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3668, 48.7756, 75.1416)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9DC #DC6653

analogous

#53DCAB #53C9DC #5385DC

triadic

#53C9DC #DC53C9 #C9DC53

tetradic

#53C9DC #AB53DC #DC6653 #85DC53

square

#53C9DC #AB53DC #DC6653 #85DC53

split-complementary

#53C9DC #DC5385 #DCAB53

monochromatic

#1F8596 #29B3C9 #53C9DC #86D9E6 #B9E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#53C9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#53C9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9DC

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9DC	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.108 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e6',
    500: '#53c9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9dc;
$custom-light: #92d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.321,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77657,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9DC

secondary

#E0B2AB

accent

#563FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9DC

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

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