#53CBDE#53CBDE

#53CBDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.109 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBDE
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -27.70, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 33.82, 215.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0948 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.109 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1025, 49.8207, 76.7014)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBDE #DE6653

analogous

#53DEAB #53CBDE #5386DE

triadic

#53CBDE #DE53CB #CBDE53

tetradic

#53CBDE #AB53DE #DE6653 #86DE53

square

#53CBDE #AB53DE #DE6653 #86DE53

split-complementary

#53CBDE #DE5386 #DEAB53

monochromatic

#1D8899 #27B6CD #53CBDE #86DBE8 #BAEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#53CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBDE

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBDE	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.109 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbe8',
    500: '#53cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbde;
$custom-light: #92dbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.201,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.782,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBDE

secondary

#E1B3AC

accent

#553DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBDE

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

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