#53CFD8#53CFD8

#53CFD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.109 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CFD8
RGB	rgb(83, 207, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -31.36, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 34.63, 205.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.1013 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.109 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2695, 51.4184, 72.8603)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CFD8 #D85C53

analogous

#53D89E #53CFD8 #538CD8

triadic

#53CFD8 #D853CF #CFD853

tetradic

#53CFD8 #9E53D8 #D85C53 #8CD853

square

#53CFD8 #9E53D8 #D85C53 #8CD853

split-complementary

#53CFD8 #D8538C #D89E53

monochromatic

#218890 #2CB8C2 #53CFD8 #85DDE3 #B7EBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#53CFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#53CFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CFD8

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CFD8	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 207, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.109 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dee4',
    500: '#53cfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cfd8;
$custom-light: #92dee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.06,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7892,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CFD8

secondary

#95403A

accent

#4D42E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CFD8

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

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