#53CBD4#53CBD4

#53CBD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.107 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBD4
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 212)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -30.56, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 33.82, 205.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0988 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.107 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8018, 49.3005, 69.8510)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBD4 #D45C53

analogous

#53D49C #53CBD4 #538AD4

triadic

#53CBD4 #D453CB #CBD453

tetradic

#53CBD4 #9C53D4 #D45C53 #8AD453

square

#53CBD4 #9C53D4 #D45C53 #8AD453

split-complementary

#53CBD4 #D4538A #D49C53

monochromatic

#23838A #2FB1BB #53CBD4 #84DAE0 #B5E9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53CBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#53CBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBD4

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBD4	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)

#BDC3D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.107 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbe1',
    500: '#53cbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbd4;
$custom-light: #91dbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.186,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77834,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBD4

secondary

#DBABA8

accent

#5045E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBD4

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

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