#53D3DD#53D3DD

#53D3DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.112 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3DD
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 4.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -31.86, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 35.39, 205.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.1034 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.112 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9071, 53.6437, 76.6437)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3DD #DD5D53

analogous

#53DDA2 #53D3DD #538EDD

triadic

#53D3DD #DD53D3 #D3DD53

tetradic

#53D3DD #A253DD #DD5D53 #8EDD53

square

#53D3DD #A253DD #DD5D53 #8EDD53

split-complementary

#53D3DD #DD538E #DDA253

monochromatic

#1E8F98 #28BFCB #53D3DD #86E0E7 #B9EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#53D3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#53D3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3DD

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3DD	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.112 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e7',
    500: '#53d3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3dd;
$custom-light: #93e1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.348,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80038,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3DD

secondary

#9C4038

accent

#4A3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3DD

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

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