#53D0DC#53D0DC

#53D0DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.110 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D0DC
RGB	rgb(83, 208, 220)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 5.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -30.71, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 34.73, 207.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.1007 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.11 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0359, 52.1139, 75.6980)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D0DC #DC5F53

analogous

#53DCA3 #53D0DC #538CDC

triadic

#53D0DC #DC53D0 #D0DC53

tetradic

#53D0DC #A353DC #DC5F53 #8CDC53

square

#53D0DC #A353DC #DC5F53 #8CDC53

split-complementary

#53D0DC #DC538C #DCA353

monochromatic

#1F8C96 #29BBC9 #53D0DC #86DEE6 #B9ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#53D0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#53D0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D0DC

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D0DC	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 208, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.110 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dee6',
    500: '#53d0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d0dc;
$custom-light: #92dee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.255,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79298,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D0DC

secondary

#9B4139

accent

#4E3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D0DC

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

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