#53CDD0#53CDD0

#53CDD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.108 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDD0
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 208)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -32.63, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 34.65, 199.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.1026 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.108 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7789, 50.0518, 67.3850)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDD0 #D05653

analogous

#53D095 #53CDD0 #538FD0

triadic

#53CDD0 #D053CD #CDD053

tetradic

#53CDD0 #9553D0 #D05653 #8FD053

square

#53CDD0 #9553D0 #D05653 #8FD053

split-complementary

#53CDD0 #D0538F #D09553

monochromatic

#248284 #31B1B4 #53CDD0 #83DBDD #B3E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#53CDD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#53CDD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDD0

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDD0	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.108 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dcde',
    500: '#53cdd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdd0;
$custom-light: #91dcde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.44,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78168,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDD0

secondary

#8B3E3C

accent

#4B47E0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDD0

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

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