#53CACD#53CACD

#53CACD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.106 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CACD
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -32.03, -11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 34.03, 199.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.1007 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.106 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7025, 48.4841, 65.2226)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CACD #CD5653

analogous

#53CD93 #53CACD #538DCD

triadic

#53CACD #CD53CA #CACD53

tetradic

#53CACD #9353CD #CD5653 #8DCD53

square

#53CACD #9353CD #CD5653 #8DCD53

split-complementary

#53CACD #CD538D #CD9353

monochromatic

#257E80 #33ADB0 #53CACD #82D9DB #B2E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53CACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#53CACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CACD

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CACD	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.106 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dadc',
    500: '#53cacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cacd;
$custom-light: #90dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77352,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CACD

secondary

#D7A6A5

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CACD

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

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