#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
RGBrgb(83, 206, 197)
HSLhsl(176, 56%, 57%)
HSVhsv(176, 60%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(59.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.07, -36.08, -5.75)
CIE-LCHlch(76.07, 36.53, 189.05°)
OKLaboklab(78.04% -0.1083 -0.0161)
OKLCHoklch(78.04% 0.11 188.5)
XYZxyz(35.7122, 50.0091, 60.5832)
Luminance0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##53CEC51.001.9111.0011.00
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0021.001.001.00
##00000011.0021.001.001.00

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

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#53CEC5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva