#53CDDA#53CDDA

#53CDDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.109 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDDA
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 218)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -29.83, -16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 34.12, 209.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0984 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.109 205)
XYZ	xyz(38.0481, 50.5596, 74.0699)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDDA #DA6053

analogous

#53DAA4 #53CDDA #538ADA

triadic

#53CDDA #DA53CD #CDDA53

tetradic

#53CDDA #A453DA #DA6053 #8ADA53

square

#53CDDA #A453DA #DA6053 #8ADA53

split-complementary

#53CDDA #DA538A #DAA453

monochromatic

#208893 #2AB6C5 #53CDDA #85DCE5 #B8EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#53CDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#53CDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDDA

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDDA	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.109 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dce5',
    500: '#53cdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdda;
$custom-light: #92dce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.778,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78521,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.50564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDDA

secondary

#984239

accent

#5040E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDDA

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

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