#53CBC2#53CBC2

#53CBC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.108 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBC2
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 194)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -35.48, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 35.91, 188.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.1065 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.108 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6565, 48.4423, 58.5524)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBC2 #CB535C

analogous

#53CB86 #53CBC2 #5398CB

triadic

#53CBC2 #C253CB #CBC253

tetradic

#53CBC2 #8653CB #CB535C #98CB53

square

#53CBC2 #8653CB #CB535C #98CB53

split-complementary

#53CBC2 #CB5398 #CB8653

monochromatic

#267E77 #34ADA4 #53CBC2 #82D9D3 #B1E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53CBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#53CBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBC2

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBC2	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)

#C1C1C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.108 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbd4',
    500: '#53cbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbc2;
$custom-light: #90dbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77224,
    "c": 0.10764,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBC2

secondary

#D6A4A8

accent

#4B56DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBC2

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

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