#53D1DC#53D1DC

#53D1DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.111 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D1DC
RGB	rgb(83, 209, 220)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -31.19, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 34.96, 206.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.1017 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.111 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2805, 52.6030, 75.7795)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D1DC #DC5E53

analogous

#53DCA3 #53D1DC #538CDC

triadic

#53D1DC #DC53D1 #D1DC53

tetradic

#53D1DC #A353DC #DC5E53 #8CDC53

square

#53D1DC #A353DC #DC5E53 #8CDC53

split-complementary

#53D1DC #DC538C #DCA353

monochromatic

#1F8C96 #29BCC9 #53D1DC #86DFE6 #B9ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#53D1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#53D1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D1DC

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D1DC	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 209, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.111 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dfe6',
    500: '#53d1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d1dc;
$custom-light: #92dfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.818,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79533,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D1DC

secondary

#9B4139

accent

#4C3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D1DC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →