#53CABC#53CABC

#53CABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.108 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CABC
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -36.59, -3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 36.71, 184.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.1081 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.108 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7608, 47.7074, 54.9964)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CABC #CA5361

analogous

#53CA80 #53CABC #539CCA

triadic

#53CABC #BC53CA #CABC53

tetradic

#53CABC #8053CA #CA5361 #9CCA53

square

#53CABC #8053CA #CA5361 #9CCA53

split-complementary

#53CABC #CA539C #CA8053

monochromatic

#267C72 #35AB9D #53CABC #82D8CE #B1E7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53CABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#53CABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CABC

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CABC	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.108 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdad0',
    500: '#53cabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cabc;
$custom-light: #8fdad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76794,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CABC

secondary

#D5A4AA

accent

#4C5DDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CABC

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

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