#53CDD2#53CDD2

#53CDD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.108 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDD2
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 210)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -32.08, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 34.48, 201.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.1017 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.108 199)
XYZ	xyz(37.0265, 50.1509, 68.6890)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDD2 #D25853

analogous

#53D297 #53CDD2 #538ED2

triadic

#53CDD2 #D253CD #CDD253

tetradic

#53CDD2 #9753D2 #D25853 #8ED253

square

#53CDD2 #9753D2 #D25853 #8ED253

split-complementary

#53CDD2 #D2538E #D29753

monochromatic

#238387 #30B2B8 #53CDD2 #84DBDF #B4E9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#53CDD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#53CDD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDD2

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDD2	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC4D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.108 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dcdf',
    500: '#53cdd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdd2;
$custom-light: #91dcdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.362,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78237,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.50155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDD2

secondary

#8E3F3B

accent

#4C46E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDD2

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

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