#53CAC8#53CAC8

#53CAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.106 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAC8
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -33.40, -8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 34.59, 195.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.1028 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.106 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1086, 48.2466, 62.0946)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAC8 #CA5355

analogous

#53CA8C #53CAC8 #5390CA

triadic

#53CAC8 #C853CA #CAC853

tetradic

#53CAC8 #8C53CA #CA5355 #90CA53

square

#53CAC8 #8C53CA #CA5355 #90CA53

split-complementary

#53CAC8 #CA5390 #CA8C53

monochromatic

#267C7B #35ABA9 #53CAC8 #82D8D7 #B1E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#53CAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#53CAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAC8

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAC8	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.106 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dad8',
    500: '#53cac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cac8;
$custom-light: #90dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.992,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77182,
    "c": 0.10584,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAC8

secondary

#D5A4A5

accent

#4C4EDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAC8

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

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