#53CFDB#53CFDB

#53CFDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.110 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CFDB
RGB	rgb(83, 207, 219)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -30.51, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 34.53, 207.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.1001 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.11 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6609, 51.5750, 74.9216)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CFDB #DB5F53

analogous

#53DBA3 #53CFDB #538BDB

triadic

#53CFDB #DB53CF #CFDB53

tetradic

#53CFDB #A353DB #DB5F53 #8BDB53

square

#53CFDB #A353DB #DB5F53 #8BDB53

split-complementary

#53CFDB #DB538B #DBA353

monochromatic

#1F8A95 #2AB9C7 #53CFDB #86DDE6 #B8EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#53CFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#53CFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CFDB

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CFDB	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 207, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.110 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dee6',
    500: '#53cfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cfdb;
$custom-light: #92dee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79027,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CFDB

secondary

#994139

accent

#4E3FE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CFDB

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

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