#53CBC8#53CBC8

#53CBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.107 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBC8
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 1.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -33.87, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 34.94, 194.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.1039 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.107 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3440, 48.7173, 62.1731)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBC8 #CB5356

analogous

#53CB8C #53CBC8 #5392CB

triadic

#53CBC8 #C853CB #CBC853

tetradic

#53CBC8 #8C53CB #CB5356 #92CB53

square

#53CBC8 #8C53CB #CB5356 #92CB53

split-complementary

#53CBC8 #CB5392 #CB8C53

monochromatic

#267E7B #34ADAA #53CBC8 #82D9D7 #B1E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#53CBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#53CBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBC8

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBC8	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.107 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbd8',
    500: '#53cbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbc8;
$custom-light: #90dbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77421,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBC8

secondary

#D6A4A5

accent

#4B4EDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBC8

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

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