#53C8DD#53C8DD

#53C8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.108 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8DD
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -26.51, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 33.36, 217.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0921 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.108 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2673, 48.3641, 75.7638)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8DD #DD6853

analogous

#53DDAD #53C8DD #5383DD

triadic

#53C8DD #DD53C8 #C8DD53

tetradic

#53C8DD #AD53DD #DD6853 #83DD53

square

#53C8DD #AD53DD #DD6853 #83DD53

split-complementary

#53C8DD #DD5383 #DDAD53

monochromatic

#1E8598 #28B2CB #53C8DD #86D8E7 #B9E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#53C8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#53C8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8DD

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8DD	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.108 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e7',
    500: '#53c8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8dd;
$custom-light: #92d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.13,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77461,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8DD

secondary

#E1B3AB

accent

#583EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8DD

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

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