#53CBDF#53CBDF

#53CBDF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.109 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBDF
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -27.41, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 33.87, 215.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0944 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.109 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2369, 49.8745, 77.4093)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBDF #DF6753

analogous

#53DFAD #53CBDF #5385DF

triadic

#53CBDF #DF53CB #CBDF53

tetradic

#53CBDF #AD53DF #DF6753 #85DF53

square

#53CBDF #AD53DF #DF6753 #85DF53

split-complementary

#53CBDF #DF5385 #DFAD53

monochromatic

#1D899B #26B6CE #53CBDF #87DBE9 #BAEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#53CBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#53CBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBDF

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBDF	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.109 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbe9',
    500: '#53cbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbdf;
$custom-light: #92dbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78237,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBDF

secondary

#E2B4AC

accent

#553CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBDF

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

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