#53CBC3#53CBC3

#53CBC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.107 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBC3
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 195)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 3.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -35.21, -6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 35.73, 189.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.1061 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.107 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7692, 48.4874, 59.1458)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBC3 #CB535B

analogous

#53CB87 #53CBC3 #5397CB

triadic

#53CBC3 #C353CB #CBC353

tetradic

#53CBC3 #8753CB #CB535B #97CB53

square

#53CBC3 #8753CB #CB535B #97CB53

split-complementary

#53CBC3 #CB5397 #CB8753

monochromatic

#267E78 #34ADA5 #53CBC3 #82D9D3 #B1E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53CBC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#53CBC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBC3

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBC3	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.107 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbd5',
    500: '#53cbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbc3;
$custom-light: #90dbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77257,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBC3

secondary

#D6A4A7

accent

#4B55DD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBC3

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

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