#53CDDB#53CDDB

#53CDDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.109 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDDB
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 219)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -29.54, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 34.11, 210.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.098 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.109 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1794, 50.6121, 74.7611)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDDB #DB6153

analogous

#53DBA5 #53CDDB #5389DB

triadic

#53CDDB #DB53CD #CDDB53

tetradic

#53CDDB #A553DB #DB6153 #89DB53

square

#53CDDB #A553DB #DB6153 #89DB53

split-complementary

#53CDDB #DB5389 #DBA553

monochromatic

#1F8895 #2AB7C7 #53CDDB #86DCE6 #B8EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#53CDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#53CDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDDB

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDDB	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.109 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dce6',
    500: '#53cddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cddb;
$custom-light: #92dce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.176,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78557,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDDB

secondary

#994339

accent

#513FE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDDB

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

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