#53D0DD#53D0DD

#53D0DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.110 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D0DD
RGB	rgb(83, 208, 221)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -30.42, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 34.71, 208.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.1003 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.11 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1688, 52.1670, 76.3976)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D0DD #DD6053

analogous

#53DDA5 #53D0DD #538BDD

triadic

#53D0DD #DD53D0 #D0DD53

tetradic

#53D0DD #A553DD #DD6053 #8BDD53

square

#53D0DD #A553DD #DD6053 #8BDD53

split-complementary

#53D0DD #DD538B #DDA553

monochromatic

#1E8C98 #28BBCB #53D0DD #86DEE7 #B9ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#53D0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#53D0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D0DD

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D0DD	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 208, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.110 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dee7',
    500: '#53d0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d0dd;
$custom-light: #92dee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.652,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79334,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D0DD

secondary

#9C4238

accent

#4E3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D0DD

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

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