#53CBC4#53CBC4

#53CBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.107 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBC4
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 196)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 3.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -34.95, -6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 35.56, 190.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.1056 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.107 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8826, 48.5328, 59.7433)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBC4 #CB535A

analogous

#53CB88 #53CBC4 #5396CB

triadic

#53CBC4 #C453CB #CBC453

tetradic

#53CBC4 #8853CB #CB535A #96CB53

square

#53CBC4 #8853CB #CB535A #96CB53

split-complementary

#53CBC4 #CB5396 #CB8853

monochromatic

#267E79 #34ADA6 #53CBC4 #82D9D4 #B1E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53CBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#53CBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBC4

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBC4	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.107 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbd5',
    500: '#53cbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbc4;
$custom-light: #90dbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77289,
    "c": 0.10721,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBC4

secondary

#D6A4A7

accent

#4B53DD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBC4

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

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