#53CEC5#53CEC5

#53CEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.110 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEC5
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 197)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -36.08, -5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 36.53, 189.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.1083 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.11 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7122, 50.0091, 60.5832)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEC5 #CE535C

analogous

#53CE88 #53CEC5 #539ACE

triadic

#53CEC5 #C553CE #CEC553

tetradic

#53CEC5 #8853CE #CE535C #9ACE53

square

#53CEC5 #8853CE #CE535C #9ACE53

split-complementary

#53CEC5 #CE539A #CE8853

monochromatic

#25827B #33B1A8 #53CEC5 #83DCD5 #B2E9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#53CEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#53CEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEC5

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEC5	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.110 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddd6',
    500: '#53cec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cec5;
$custom-light: #90ddd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.61,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7804,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEC5

secondary

#893C42

accent

#4954DF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEC5

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

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