#53CADD#53CADD

#53CADD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.108 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CADD
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -27.50, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 33.63, 215.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0941 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.108 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7335, 49.2965, 75.9192)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CADD #DD6653

analogous

#53DDAB #53CADD #5385DD

triadic

#53CADD #DD53CA #CADD53

tetradic

#53CADD #AB53DD #DD6653 #85DD53

square

#53CADD #AB53DD #DD6653 #85DD53

split-complementary

#53CADD #DD5385 #DDAB53

monochromatic

#1E8798 #28B4CB #53CADD #86DAE7 #B9E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53CADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#53CADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CADD

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CADD	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.108 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dae7',
    500: '#53cadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cadd;
$custom-light: #92dae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.261,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77928,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CADD

secondary

#E1B2AB

accent

#563EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CADD

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

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