#53CDE4#53CDE4

#53CDE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.112 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDE4
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 228)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -26.94, -21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 34.43, 218.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0945 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.112 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3964, 51.0989, 81.1706)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDE4 #E46A53

analogous

#53E4B2 #53CDE4 #5384E4

triadic

#53CDE4 #E453CD #CDE453

tetradic

#53CDE4 #B253E4 #E46A53 #84E453

square

#53CDE4 #B253E4 #E46A53 #84E453

split-complementary

#53CDE4 #E45384 #E4B253

monochromatic

#1A8DA3 #22BBD8 #53CDE4 #88DCEC #BDECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#53CDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#53CDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDE4

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDE4	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.112 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dcec',
    500: '#53cde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cde4;
$custom-light: #93dcec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.517,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78893,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDE4

secondary

#A54736

accent

#3011D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDE4

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

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