#53CED6#53CED6

#53CED6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CED6
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 214)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 3.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -31.44, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 34.48, 204.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.1011 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.108 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7710, 50.8327, 71.4264)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CED6 #D65B53

analogous

#53D69C #53CED6 #538CD6

triadic

#53CED6 #D653CE #CED653

tetradic

#53CED6 #9C53D6 #D65B53 #8CD653

square

#53CED6 #9C53D6 #D65B53 #8CD653

split-complementary

#53CED6 #D6538C #D69C53

monochromatic

#22868D #2DB6BE #53CED6 #84DCE2 #B6EAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#53CED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CED6

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CED6	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ced6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dde2',
    500: '#53ced6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ced6;
$custom-light: #92dde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ced6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.664,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78613,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CED6

secondary

#93403A

accent

#4D43E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CED6

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

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