#53CED5#53CED5

#53CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.108 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CED5
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -31.72, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 34.54, 203.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.1015 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.108 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6437, 50.7817, 70.7559)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CED5 #D55A53

analogous

#53D59B #53CED5 #538DD5

triadic

#53CED5 #D553CE #CED553

tetradic

#53CED5 #9B53D5 #D55A53 #8DD553

square

#53CED5 #9B53D5 #D55A53 #8DD553

split-complementary

#53CED5 #D5538D #D59B53

monochromatic

#22868C #2EB5BD #53CED5 #84DCE1 #B5EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#53CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CED5

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CED5	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.108 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dde1',
    500: '#53ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ced5;
$custom-light: #91dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.231,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78578,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CED5

secondary

#923F3B

accent

#4D44E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CED5

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

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