#53D2DE#53D2DE

#53D2DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.112 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2DE
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 222)
HSL	hsl(185, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -31.10, -16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 35.13, 207.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.1019 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.112 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7931, 53.2018, 77.2649)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2DE #DE5F53

analogous

#53DEA5 #53D2DE #538CDE

triadic

#53D2DE #DE53D2 #D2DE53

tetradic

#53D2DE #A553DE #DE5F53 #8CDE53

square

#53D2DE #A553DE #DE5F53 #8CDE53

split-complementary

#53D2DE #DE538C #DEA553

monochromatic

#1D8F99 #27BECD #53D2DE #86DFE8 #BAEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#53D2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#53D2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2DE

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2DE	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.112 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e0e8',
    500: '#53d2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2de;
$custom-light: #93e0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.18,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79839,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2DE

secondary

#9D4138

accent

#4C3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2DE

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

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