#53CDD9#53CDD9

#53CDD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.108 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDD9
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -30.11, -16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 34.13, 208.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0988 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.108 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9177, 50.5074, 73.3828)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDD9 #D95F53

analogous

#53D9A2 #53CDD9 #538AD9

triadic

#53CDD9 #D953CD #CDD953

tetradic

#53CDD9 #A253D9 #D95F53 #8AD953

square

#53CDD9 #A253D9 #D95F53 #8AD953

split-complementary

#53CDD9 #D9538A #D9A253

monochromatic

#208791 #2BB6C4 #53CDD9 #85DCE4 #B7EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#53CDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#53CDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDD9

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDD9	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.108 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dce4',
    500: '#53cdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdd9;
$custom-light: #92dce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.373,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78485,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDD9

secondary

#97423A

accent

#5041E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDD9

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

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