#53CEC8#53CEC8

#53CEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.109 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEC8
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -35.28, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 36.01, 191.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.107 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.109 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0593, 50.1480, 62.4116)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEC8 #CE5359

analogous

#53CE8B #53CEC8 #5397CE

triadic

#53CEC8 #C853CE #CEC853

tetradic

#53CEC8 #8B53CE #CE5359 #97CE53

square

#53CEC8 #8B53CE #CE5359 #97CE53

split-complementary

#53CEC8 #CE5397 #CE8B53

monochromatic

#25827D #33B1AB #53CEC8 #83DCD7 #B2E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#53CEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#53CEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEC8

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEC8	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.109 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddd8',
    500: '#53cec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cec8;
$custom-light: #90ddd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.073,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78137,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEC8

secondary

#893C40

accent

#4950DF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEC8

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

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