#53CACC#53CACC

#53CACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.106 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CACC
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -32.31, -10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 34.12, 198.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.1011 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.106 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5822, 48.4360, 64.5889)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CACC #CC5553

analogous

#53CC92 #53CACC #538ECC

triadic

#53CACC #CC53CA #CACC53

tetradic

#53CACC #9253CC #CC5553 #8ECC53

square

#53CACC #9253CC #CC5553 #8ECC53

split-complementary

#53CACC #CC538E #CC9253

monochromatic

#267D7F #34ACAE #53CACC #82D9DA #B1E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53CACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#53CACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CACC

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CACC	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.106 196.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.992,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77318,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CACC

secondary

#D6A5A4

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CACC

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

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