#53D2DF#53D2DF

#53D2DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.112 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2DF
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 223)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -30.82, -16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 35.11, 208.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.1015 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.112 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9275, 53.2556, 77.9729)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2DF #DF6053

analogous

#53DFA6 #53D2DF #538CDF

triadic

#53D2DF #DF53D2 #D2DF53

tetradic

#53D2DF #A653DF #DF6053 #8CDF53

square

#53D2DF #A653DF #DF6053 #8CDF53

split-complementary

#53D2DF #DF538C #DFA653

monochromatic

#1D8F9B #26BFCE #53D2DF #87E0E9 #BAEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#53D2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#53D2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2DF

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2DF	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.112 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e0e9',
    500: '#53d2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2df;
$custom-light: #93e0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.571,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79876,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2DF

secondary

#9F4138

accent

#4D3CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2DF

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

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