#53CDDF#53CDDF

#53CDDF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.110 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDDF
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 223)
HSL	hsl(188, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -28.39, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 34.17, 213.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0964 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.11 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7123, 50.8252, 77.5678)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDDF #DF6553

analogous

#53DFAB #53CDDF #5387DF

triadic

#53CDDF #DF53CD #CDDF53

tetradic

#53CDDF #AB53DF #DF6553 #87DF53

square

#53CDDF #AB53DF #DF6553 #87DF53

split-complementary

#53CDDF #DF5387 #DFAB53

monochromatic

#1D8B9B #26B9CE #53CDDF #87DCE9 #BAEBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#53CDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDDF

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDDF	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.110 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dce9',
    500: '#53cddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cddf;
$custom-light: #92dce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.714,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78705,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDDF

secondary

#9F4538

accent

#533CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDDF

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

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