#53CED8#53CED8

#53CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.109 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CED8
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -30.88, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 34.39, 206.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.1003 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.109 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0280, 50.9354, 72.7798)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CED8 #D85D53

analogous

#53D89F #53CED8 #538BD8

triadic

#53CED8 #D853CE #CED853

tetradic

#53CED8 #9F53D8 #D85D53 #8BD853

square

#53CED8 #9F53D8 #D85D53 #8BD853

split-complementary

#53CED8 #D8538B #D89F53

monochromatic

#218890 #2CB7C2 #53CED8 #85DCE3 #B7EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#53CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CED8

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CED8	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.109 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dde4',
    500: '#53ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ced8;
$custom-light: #92dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.511,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78684,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CED8

secondary

#95413A

accent

#4E42E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CED8

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

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