#53CDCE#53CDCE

#53CDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.108 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDCE
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -33.18, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 34.85, 197.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.1034 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.108 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5344, 49.9540, 66.0973)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDCE #CE5453

analogous

#53CE92 #53CDCE #5390CE

triadic

#53CDCE #CE53CD #CDCE53

tetradic

#53CDCE #9253CE #CE5453 #90CE53

square

#53CDCE #9253CE #CE5453 #90CE53

split-complementary

#53CDCE #CE5390 #CE9253

monochromatic

#258182 #33B0B1 #53CDCE #83DBDC #B2E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#53CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#53CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDCE

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDCE	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.108 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dcdc',
    500: '#53cdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdce;
$custom-light: #91dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.488,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78099,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDCE

secondary

#D8A6A5

accent

#4A49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDCE

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

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