#53C9DB#53C9DB

#53C9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.107 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9DB
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -27.59, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 33.40, 214.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0939 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.107 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2348, 48.7228, 74.4462)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9DB #DB6553

analogous

#53DBA9 #53C9DB #5385DB

triadic

#53C9DB #DB53C9 #C9DB53

tetradic

#53C9DB #A953DB #DB6553 #85DB53

square

#53C9DB #A953DB #DB6553 #85DB53

split-complementary

#53C9DB #DB5385 #DBA953

monochromatic

#1F8595 #2AB2C7 #53C9DB #86D9E6 #B8E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#53C9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#53C9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9DB

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9DB	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.107 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e6',
    500: '#53c9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9db;
$custom-light: #92d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.941,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77619,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9DB

secondary

#DFB1AA

accent

#563FE8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9DB

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

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