#53CBCD#53CBCD

#53CBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.106 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBCD
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -32.51, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 34.33, 198.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.1018 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.106 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9379, 48.9549, 65.3011)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBCD #CD5553

analogous

#53CD92 #53CBCD #538ECD

triadic

#53CBCD #CD53CB #CBCD53

tetradic

#53CBCD #9253CD #CD5553 #8ECD53

square

#53CBCD #9253CD #CD5553 #8ECD53

split-complementary

#53CBCD #CD538E #CD9253

monochromatic

#257F80 #33AEB0 #53CBCD #82D9DB #B2E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#53CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#53CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBCD

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBCD	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.106 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbdc',
    500: '#53cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbcd;
$custom-light: #91dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7759,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBCD

secondary

#D7A6A5

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBCD

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

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