#53CDDE#53CDDE

#53CDDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.110 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDDE
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 222)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -28.68, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 34.14, 212.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0968 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.11 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5779, 50.7715, 76.8598)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDDE #DE6453

analogous

#53DEA9 #53CDDE #5388DE

triadic

#53CDDE #DE53CD #CDDE53

tetradic

#53CDDE #A953DE #DE6453 #88DE53

square

#53CDDE #A953DE #DE6453 #88DE53

split-complementary

#53CDDE #DE5388 #DEA953

monochromatic

#1D8A99 #27B8CD #53CDDE #86DCE8 #BAEBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#53CDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDDE

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDDE	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.110 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dce8',
    500: '#53cdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdde;
$custom-light: #92dce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.338,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78668,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDDE

secondary

#9D4438

accent

#523DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDDE

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

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