#53CDE2#53CDE2

#53CDE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.111 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDE2
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 226)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -27.52, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 34.30, 216.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0952 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.111 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1203, 50.9884, 79.7168)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDE2 #E26853

analogous

#53E2AF #53CDE2 #5385E2

triadic

#53CDE2 #E253CD #CDE253

tetradic

#53CDE2 #AF53E2 #E26853 #85E253

square

#53CDE2 #AF53E2 #E26853 #85E253

split-complementary

#53CDE2 #E25385 #E2AF53

monochromatic

#1B8CA0 #24BAD4 #53CDE2 #87DCEB #BCEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#53CDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDE2

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDE2	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.111 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dceb',
    500: '#53cde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cde2;
$custom-light: #92dceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.811,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78817,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDE2

secondary

#A34637

accent

#2F12D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDE2

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

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