#53D3DF#53D3DF

#53D3DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.112 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3DF
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 223)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 5.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -31.30, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 35.32, 207.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.1025 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.112 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1751, 53.7509, 78.0554)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3DF #DF5F53

analogous

#53DFA5 #53D3DF #538DDF

triadic

#53D3DF #DF53D3 #D3DF53

tetradic

#53D3DF #A553DF #DF5F53 #8DDF53

square

#53D3DF #A553DF #DF5F53 #8DDF53

split-complementary

#53D3DF #DF538D #DFA553

monochromatic

#1D909B #26C0CE #53D3DF #87E0E9 #BAEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#53D3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#53D3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3DF

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3DF	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBBE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.112 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e9',
    500: '#53d3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3df;
$custom-light: #93e1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.143,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8011,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3DF

secondary

#9F4038

accent

#4B3CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3DF

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

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