#53CBD6#53CBD6

#53CBD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.107 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBD6
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 214)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -30.00, -15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 33.76, 207.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.098 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.107 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0557, 49.4020, 71.1880)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBD6 #D65E53

analogous

#53D69F #53CBD6 #5389D6

triadic

#53CBD6 #D653CB #CBD653

tetradic

#53CBD6 #9F53D6 #D65E53 #89D653

square

#53CBD6 #9F53D6 #D65E53 #89D653

split-complementary

#53CBD6 #D65389 #D69F53

monochromatic

#22848D #2DB2BE #53CBD6 #84DAE2 #B6E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53CBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#53CBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBD6

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBD6	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.107 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbe2',
    500: '#53cbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbd6;
$custom-light: #91dbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.038,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77906,
    "c": 0.10698,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBD6

secondary

#DCADA8

accent

#5143E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBD6

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

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