#53D4DC#53D4DC

#53D4DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.112 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4DC
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -32.62, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 35.69, 203.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.1048 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.112 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0235, 54.0890, 76.0272)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4DC #DC5B53

analogous

#53DCA0 #53D4DC #538FDC

triadic

#53D4DC #DC53D4 #D4DC53

tetradic

#53D4DC #A053DC #DC5B53 #8FDC53

square

#53D4DC #A053DC #DC5B53 #8FDC53

split-complementary

#53D4DC #DC538F #DCA053

monochromatic

#1F8F96 #29C0C9 #53D4DC #86E1E6 #B9EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#53D4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#53D4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4DC

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4DC	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.112 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e6',
    500: '#53d4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4dc;
$custom-light: #93e1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.504,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80238,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4DC

secondary

#9B3E39

accent

#493FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4DC

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

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