#53CEDC#53CEDC

#53CEDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.109 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEDC
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -29.74, -17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 34.31, 209.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0987 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.109 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5514, 51.1448, 75.5365)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEDC #DC6153

analogous

#53DCA5 #53CEDC #538ADC

triadic

#53CEDC #DC53CE #CEDC53

tetradic

#53CEDC #A553DC #DC6153 #8ADC53

square

#53CEDC #A553DC #DC6153 #8ADC53

split-complementary

#53CEDC #DC538A #DCA553

monochromatic

#1F8A96 #29B9C9 #53CEDC #86DCE6 #B9EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#53CEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#53CEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEDC

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEDC	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.109 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dde6',
    500: '#53cedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cedc;
$custom-light: #92dde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.131,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78829,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEDC

secondary

#9B4339

accent

#503FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEDC

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

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