#53CED4#53CED4

#53CED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.108 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CED4
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -32.00, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 34.61, 202.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.1019 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.108 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5171, 50.7311, 70.0895)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CED4 #D45953

analogous

#53D49A #53CED4 #538DD4

triadic

#53CED4 #D453CE #CED453

tetradic

#53CED4 #9A53D4 #D45953 #8DD453

square

#53CED4 #9A53D4 #D45953 #8DD453

split-complementary

#53CED4 #D4538D #D49A53

monochromatic

#23858A #2FB5BB #53CED4 #84DCE0 #B5EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#53CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CED4

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CED4	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.108 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dde1',
    500: '#53ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ced4;
$custom-light: #91dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.791,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78543,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CED4

secondary

#903F3B

accent

#4C45E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CED4

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

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