#53CFDC#53CFDC

#53CFDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.110 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CFDC
RGB	rgb(83, 207, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -30.22, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 34.52, 208.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0997 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.11 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7929, 51.6278, 75.6170)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CFDC #DC6053

analogous

#53DCA4 #53CFDC #538BDC

triadic

#53CFDC #DC53CF #CFDC53

tetradic

#53CFDC #A453DC #DC6053 #8BDC53

square

#53CFDC #A453DC #DC6053 #8BDC53

split-complementary

#53CFDC #DC538B #DCA453

monochromatic

#1F8B96 #29BAC9 #53CFDC #86DDE6 #B9EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#53CFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#53CFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CFDC

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CFDC	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cfdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 207, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.110 204.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cfdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.693,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79063,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CFDC

secondary

#9B4239

accent

#4F3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CFDC

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

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