#53CBD8#53CBD8

#53CBD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.107 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBD8
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -29.43, -16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 33.72, 209.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0972 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.107 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3127, 49.5048, 72.5414)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBD8 #D86053

analogous

#53D8A2 #53CBD8 #5388D8

triadic

#53CBD8 #D853CB #CBD853

tetradic

#53CBD8 #A253D8 #D86053 #88D853

square

#53CBD8 #A253D8 #D86053 #88D853

split-complementary

#53CBD8 #D85388 #D8A253

monochromatic

#218590 #2CB3C2 #53CBD8 #85DAE3 #B7E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53CBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#53CBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBD8

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBD8	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.107 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbe4',
    500: '#53cbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbd8;
$custom-light: #91dbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.865,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77978,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBD8

secondary

#DEAEA9

accent

#5242E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBD8

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

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