#53CDDD#53CDDD

#53CDDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.109 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDDD
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -28.97, -18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 34.12, 211.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0972 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.109 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4443, 50.7180, 76.1561)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDDD #DD6353

analogous

#53DDA8 #53CDDD #5388DD

triadic

#53CDDD #DD53CD #CDDD53

tetradic

#53CDDD #A853DD #DD6353 #88DD53

square

#53CDDD #A853DD #DD6353 #88DD53

split-complementary

#53CDDD #DD5388 #DDA853

monochromatic

#1E8A98 #28B8CB #53CDDD #86DCE7 #B9EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#53CDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDDD

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDDD	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.109 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dce7',
    500: '#53cddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cddd;
$custom-light: #92dce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.957,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78631,
    "c": 0.10933,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDDD

secondary

#9C4438

accent

#523EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDDD

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

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