#53CFD5#53CFD5

#53CFD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.109 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CFD5
RGB	rgb(83, 207, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -32.20, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 34.81, 202.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.1026 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.109 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8852, 51.2647, 70.8364)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CFD5 #D55953

analogous

#53D59A #53CFD5 #538ED5

triadic

#53CFD5 #D553CF #CFD553

tetradic

#53CFD5 #9A53D5 #D55953 #8ED553

square

#53CFD5 #9A53D5 #D55953 #8ED553

split-complementary

#53CFD5 #D5538E #D59A53

monochromatic

#22878C #2EB6BD #53CFD5 #84DDE1 #B5EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#53CFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#53CFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CFD5

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CFD5	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cfd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 207, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.109 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dee1',
    500: '#53cfd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cfd5;
$custom-light: #92dee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cfd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.769,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78814,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CFD5

secondary

#923F3B

accent

#4B44E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CFD5

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

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