#53CDD4#53CDD4

#53CDD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.108 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDD4
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -31.52, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 34.34, 203.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.1009 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.108 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2772, 50.2512, 70.0095)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDD4 #D45A53

analogous

#53D49B #53CDD4 #538CD4

triadic

#53CDD4 #D453CD #CDD453

tetradic

#53CDD4 #9B53D4 #D45A53 #8CD453

square

#53CDD4 #9B53D4 #D45A53 #8CD453

split-complementary

#53CDD4 #D4538C #D49B53

monochromatic

#23848A #2FB3BB #53CDD4 #84DBE0 #B5E9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#53CDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#53CDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDD4

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDD4	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.108 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dce1',
    500: '#53cdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdd4;
$custom-light: #91dce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.256,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78307,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDD4

secondary

#90403B

accent

#4D45E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDD4

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

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