#53CBCE#53CBCE

#53CBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.106 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBCE
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -32.23, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 34.23, 199.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.1013 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.106 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0590, 49.0033, 65.9388)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBCE #CE5653

analogous

#53CE93 #53CBCE #538ECE

triadic

#53CBCE #CE53CB #CBCE53

tetradic

#53CBCE #9353CE #CE5653 #8ECE53

square

#53CBCE #9353CE #CE5653 #8ECE53

split-complementary

#53CBCE #CE538E #CE9353

monochromatic

#257F82 #33AEB1 #53CBCE #83D9DC #B2E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#53CBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#53CBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBCE

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBCE	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.106 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbdc',
    500: '#53cbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbce;
$custom-light: #91dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.463,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77624,
    "c": 0.10626,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBCE

secondary

#D8A6A5

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBCE

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

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