#53CED9#53CED9

#53CED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.109 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CED9
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -30.59, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 34.36, 207.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0999 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.109 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1576, 50.9873, 73.4628)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CED9 #D95E53

analogous

#53D9A1 #53CED9 #538BD9

triadic

#53CED9 #D953CE #CED953

tetradic

#53CED9 #A153D9 #D95E53 #8BD953

square

#53CED9 #A153D9 #D95E53 #8BD953

split-complementary

#53CED9 #D9538B #D9A153

monochromatic

#208891 #2BB7C4 #53CED9 #85DCE4 #B7EBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#53CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CED9

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CED9	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.109 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dde4',
    500: '#53ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ced9;
$custom-light: #92dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.925,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7872,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CED9

secondary

#97413A

accent

#4F41E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CED9

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

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