#53D3DC#53D3DC

#53D3DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.112 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3DC
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -32.14, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 35.43, 204.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.1038 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.112 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7743, 53.5906, 75.9441)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3DC #DC5C53

analogous

#53DCA1 #53D3DC #538EDC

triadic

#53D3DC #DC53D3 #D3DC53

tetradic

#53D3DC #A153DC #DC5C53 #8EDC53

square

#53D3DC #A153DC #DC5C53 #8EDC53

split-complementary

#53D3DC #DC538E #DCA153

monochromatic

#1F8E96 #29BEC9 #53D3DC #86E0E6 #B9EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#53D3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#53D3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3DC

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3DC	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.112 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e1e6',
    500: '#53d3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3dc;
$custom-light: #92e1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.942,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80003,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3DC

secondary

#9B3F39

accent

#4A3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3DC

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

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