#53CBD9#53CBD9

#53CBD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.108 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBD9
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 217)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -29.14, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 33.72, 210.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0968 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.108 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4423, 49.5567, 73.2243)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBD9 #D96153

analogous

#53D9A4 #53CBD9 #5388D9

triadic

#53CBD9 #D953CB #CBD953

tetradic

#53CBD9 #A453D9 #D96153 #88D953

square

#53CBD9 #A453D9 #D96153 #88D953

split-complementary

#53CBD9 #D95388 #D9A453

monochromatic

#208691 #2BB4C4 #53CBD9 #85DAE4 #B7E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53CBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#53CBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBD9

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBD9	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.108 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbe4',
    500: '#53cbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbd9;
$custom-light: #91dbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.269,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78015,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBD9

secondary

#DEAFAA

accent

#5241E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBD9

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

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