#53DCED#53DCED

#53DCED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.119 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCED
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 237)
HSL	hsl(187, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.37, -31.61, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.37, 37.01, 211.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.1059 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.119 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4400, 59.1349, 89.1764)
Luminance	0.5914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCED #ED6453

analogous

#53EDB1 #53DCED #538FED

triadic

#53DCED #ED53DC #DCED53

tetradic

#53DCED #B153ED #ED6453 #8FED53

square

#53DCED #B153ED #ED6453 #8FED53

split-complementary

#53DCED #ED538F #EDB153

monochromatic

#13A1B3 #1CD1E7 #53DCED #8AE7F3 #C2F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#53DCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#53DCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCED

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCED	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.119 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7f2',
    500: '#53dced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dced;
$custom-light: #95e7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.623,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82717,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCED

secondary

#B34031

accent

#2008DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCED

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

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