#53CBD5#53CBD5

#53CBD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.107 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBD5
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -30.28, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 33.79, 206.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0984 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.107 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9284, 49.3511, 70.5174)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBD5 #D55D53

analogous

#53D59E #53CBD5 #538AD5

triadic

#53CBD5 #D553CB #CBD553

tetradic

#53CBD5 #9E53D5 #D55D53 #8AD553

square

#53CBD5 #9E53D5 #D55D53 #8AD553

split-complementary

#53CBD5 #D5538A #D59E53

monochromatic

#22838C #2EB2BD #53CBD5 #84DAE1 #B5E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53CBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#53CBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBD5

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBD5	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.107 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbe1',
    500: '#53cbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbd5;
$custom-light: #91dbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7787,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBD5

secondary

#DCACA8

accent

#5044E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBD5

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

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