#53CDE3#53CDE3

#53CDE3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.111 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDE3
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 227)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 9.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -27.23, -20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 34.37, 217.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0948 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.111 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2580, 51.0435, 80.4416)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDE3 #E36953

analogous

#53E3B1 #53CDE3 #5385E3

triadic

#53CDE3 #E353CD #CDE353

tetradic

#53CDE3 #B153E3 #E36953 #85E353

square

#53CDE3 #B153E3 #E36953 #85E353

split-complementary

#53CDE3 #E35385 #E3B153

monochromatic

#1A8DA1 #23BBD6 #53CDE3 #88DCEC #BCECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#53CDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#53CDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDE3

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDE3	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.111 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dceb',
    500: '#53cde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cde3;
$custom-light: #93dceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.167,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78855,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDE3

secondary

#A44736

accent

#2F11D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDE3

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

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