#53CEC2#53CEC2

#53CEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.110 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEC2
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 194)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 5.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -36.87, -4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 37.11, 186.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.1097 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.11 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3718, 49.8730, 58.7908)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEC2 #CE535F

analogous

#53CE85 #53CEC2 #539DCE

triadic

#53CEC2 #C253CE #CEC253

tetradic

#53CEC2 #8553CE #CE535F #9DCE53

square

#53CEC2 #8553CE #CE535F #9DCE53

split-complementary

#53CEC2 #CE539D #CE8553

monochromatic

#258279 #33B1A5 #53CEC2 #83DCD3 #B2E9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#53CEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#53CEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEC2

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEC2	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.110 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddd4',
    500: '#53cec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cec2;
$custom-light: #90ddd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.146,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77944,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEC2

secondary

#D8A5AA

accent

#4957DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEC2

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

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