#53CDE0#53CDE0

#53CDE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.110 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDE0
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 224)
HSL	hsl(188, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -28.10, -19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 34.21, 214.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.096 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.11 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8475, 50.8793, 78.2799)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDE0 #E06653

analogous

#53E0AC #53CDE0 #5387E0

triadic

#53CDE0 #E053CD #CDE053

tetradic

#53CDE0 #AC53E0 #E06653 #87E053

square

#53CDE0 #AC53E0 #E06653 #87E053

split-complementary

#53CDE0 #E05387 #E0AC53

monochromatic

#1C8B9C #26B9D0 #53CDE0 #87DCE9 #BBEBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#53CDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDE0

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDE0	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.110 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dce9',
    500: '#53cde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cde0;
$custom-light: #92dce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.085,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78742,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDE0

secondary

#A04537

accent

#2E14D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDE0

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

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