#53CBDD#53CBDD

#53CBDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.109 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBDD
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -27.99, -18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 33.78, 214.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0952 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.109 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9689, 49.7673, 75.9976)
Luminance	0.4977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBDD #DD6553

analogous

#53DDAA #53CBDD #5386DD

triadic

#53CBDD #DD53CB #CBDD53

tetradic

#53CBDD #AA53DD #DD6553 #86DD53

square

#53CBDD #AA53DD #DD6553 #86DD53

split-complementary

#53CBDD #DD5386 #DDAA53

monochromatic

#1E8898 #28B6CB #53CBDD #86DAE7 #B9EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#53CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBDD

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBDD	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.109 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbe7',
    500: '#53cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbdd;
$custom-light: #92dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78162,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBDD

secondary

#E1B2AB

accent

#543EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBDD

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

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