#53CDE1#53CDE1

#53CDE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.111 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDE1
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 225)
HSL	hsl(188, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -27.81, -19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 34.25, 215.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0956 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.111 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9835, 50.9337, 78.9963)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDE1 #E16753

analogous

#53E1AE #53CDE1 #5386E1

triadic

#53CDE1 #E153CD #CDE153

tetradic

#53CDE1 #AE53E1 #E16753 #86E153

square

#53CDE1 #AE53E1 #E16753 #86E153

split-complementary

#53CDE1 #E15386 #E1AE53

monochromatic

#1C8C9E #25BAD2 #53CDE1 #87DCEA #BBEBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#53CDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDE1

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDE1	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.111 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dcea',
    500: '#53cde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cde1;
$custom-light: #92dcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.451,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7878,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDE1

secondary

#A14637

accent

#2E13D2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDE1

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

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