#53C9DA#53C9DA

#53C9DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.107 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9DA
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -27.88, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 33.36, 213.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0943 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.107 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1035, 48.6703, 73.7550)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9DA #DA6453

analogous

#53DAA8 #53C9DA #5386DA

triadic

#53C9DA #DA53C9 #C9DA53

tetradic

#53C9DA #A853DA #DA6453 #86DA53

square

#53C9DA #A853DA #DA6453 #86DA53

split-complementary

#53C9DA #DA5386 #DAA853

monochromatic

#208493 #2AB2C5 #53C9DA #85D9E5 #B8E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53C9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#53C9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9DA

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9DA	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.107 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9e5',
    500: '#53c9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9da;
$custom-light: #91d9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.556,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77582,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9DA

secondary

#DFB1AA

accent

#5540E8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9DA

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

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