#53D2DC#53D2DC

#53D2DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2DC
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 4.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -31.67, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 35.19, 205.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.1027 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.111 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5266, 53.0953, 75.8616)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2DC #DC5D53

analogous

#53DCA2 #53D2DC #538DDC

triadic

#53D2DC #DC53D2 #D2DC53

tetradic

#53D2DC #A253DC #DC5D53 #8DDC53

square

#53D2DC #A253DC #DC5D53 #8DDC53

split-complementary

#53D2DC #DC538D #DCA253

monochromatic

#1F8D96 #29BDC9 #53D2DC #86DFE6 #B9EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#53D2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#53D2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2DC

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2DC	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.111 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e0e6',
    500: '#53d2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2dc;
$custom-light: #92e0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.38,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79768,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2DC

secondary

#9B4039

accent

#4B3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2DC

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

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