#53CDD5#53CDD5

#53CDD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDD5
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -31.24, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 34.28, 204.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.1005 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.108 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4037, 50.3018, 70.6759)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDD5 #D55B53

analogous

#53D59C #53CDD5 #538CD5

triadic

#53CDD5 #D553CD #CDD553

tetradic

#53CDD5 #9C53D5 #D55B53 #8CD553

square

#53CDD5 #9C53D5 #D55B53 #8CD553

split-complementary

#53CDD5 #D5538C #D59C53

monochromatic

#22858C #2EB4BD #53CDD5 #84DBE1 #B5EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#53CDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#53CDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDD5

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDD5	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dce1',
    500: '#53cdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdd5;
$custom-light: #91dce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.692,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78342,
    "c": 0.10783,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDD5

secondary

#92403B

accent

#4E44E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDD5

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

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