#53CFDE#53CFDE

#53CFDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.110 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CFDE
RGB	rgb(83, 207, 222)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -29.65, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 34.51, 210.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0989 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.11 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0594, 51.7344, 77.0203)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CFDE #DE6253

analogous

#53DEA8 #53CFDE #5389DE

triadic

#53CFDE #DE53CF #CFDE53

tetradic

#53CFDE #A853DE #DE6253 #89DE53

square

#53CFDE #A853DE #DE6253 #89DE53

split-complementary

#53CFDE #DE5389 #DEA853

monochromatic

#1D8C99 #27BBCD #53CFDE #86DDE8 #BAECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#53CFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#53CFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CFDE

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CFDE	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 207, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.110 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dee8',
    500: '#53cfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cfde;
$custom-light: #92dee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.475,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79136,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CFDE

secondary

#9D4338

accent

#503DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CFDE

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

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