#53CEDA#53CEDA

#53CEDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.109 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEDA
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 218)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -30.31, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 34.33, 208.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0995 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.109 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2881, 51.0395, 74.1498)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEDA #DA5F53

analogous

#53DAA3 #53CEDA #538BDA

triadic

#53CEDA #DA53CE #CEDA53

tetradic

#53CEDA #A353DA #DA5F53 #8BDA53

square

#53CEDA #A353DA #DA5F53 #8BDA53

split-complementary

#53CEDA #DA538B #DAA353

monochromatic

#208993 #2AB8C5 #53CEDA #85DCE5 #B8EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#53CEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#53CEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEDA

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEDA	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ceda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.109 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dde5',
    500: '#53ceda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ceda;
$custom-light: #92dde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ceda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.333,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78756,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEDA

secondary

#984239

accent

#4F40E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEDA

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

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