#53CCD8#53CCD8

#53CCD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.108 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CCD8
RGB	rgb(83, 204, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -29.91, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 33.93, 208.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0982 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.108 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5496, 49.9786, 72.6204)
Luminance	0.4998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CCD8 #D85F53

analogous

#53D8A1 #53CCD8 #5389D8

triadic

#53CCD8 #D853CC #CCD853

tetradic

#53CCD8 #A153D8 #D85F53 #89D853

square

#53CCD8 #A153D8 #D85F53 #89D853

split-complementary

#53CCD8 #D85389 #D8A153

monochromatic

#218690 #2CB4C2 #53CCD8 #85DBE3 #B7EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#53CCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#53CCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CCD8

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CCD8	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ccd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 204, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.108 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dce4',
    500: '#53ccd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ccd8;
$custom-light: #91dce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ccd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.414,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78213,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CCD8

secondary

#DEAEA9

accent

#5142E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CCD8

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

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