#53C9DD#53C9DD

#53C9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.108 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9DD
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -27.01, -19.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 33.49, 216.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0931 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.108 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4996, 48.8288, 75.8412)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9DD #DD6753

analogous

#53DDAC #53C9DD #5384DD

triadic

#53C9DD #DD53C9 #C9DD53

tetradic

#53C9DD #AC53DD #DD6753 #84DD53

square

#53C9DD #AC53DD #DD6753 #84DD53

split-complementary

#53C9DD #DD5384 #DDAC53

monochromatic

#1E8698 #28B3CB #53C9DD #86D9E7 #B9E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#53C9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#53C9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9DD

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9DD	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.108 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e7',
    500: '#53c9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9dd;
$custom-light: #92d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.696,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77694,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9DD

secondary

#E1B3AB

accent

#573EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9DD

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

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