#53D0DE#53D0DE

#53D0DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.111 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D0DE
RGB	rgb(83, 208, 222)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -30.14, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 34.70, 209.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0999 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.111 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3024, 52.2205, 77.1013)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D0DE #DE6153

analogous

#53DEA6 #53D0DE #538BDE

triadic

#53D0DE #DE53D0 #D0DE53

tetradic

#53D0DE #A653DE #DE6153 #8BDE53

square

#53D0DE #A653DE #DE6153 #8BDE53

split-complementary

#53D0DE #DE538B #DEA653

monochromatic

#1D8D99 #27BCCD #53D0DE #86DEE8 #BAECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#53D0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#53D0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D0DE

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D0DE	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 208, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.111 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dee8',
    500: '#53d0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d0de;
$custom-light: #92dee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.043,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7937,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D0DE

secondary

#9D4238

accent

#4F3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D0DE

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

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