#53D4DD#53D4DD

#53D4DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.112 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4DD
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -32.34, -14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 35.63, 204.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.1044 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.112 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1563, 54.1421, 76.7268)
Luminance	0.5415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4DD #DD5C53

analogous

#53DDA1 #53D4DD #538FDD

triadic

#53D4DD #DD53D4 #D4DD53

tetradic

#53D4DD #A153DD #DD5C53 #8FDD53

square

#53D4DD #A153DD #DD5C53 #8FDD53

split-complementary

#53D4DD #DD538F #DDA153

monochromatic

#1E9098 #28C0CB #53D4DD #86E1E7 #B9EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#53D4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#53D4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4DD

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4DD	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.112 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e7',
    500: '#53d4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4dd;
$custom-light: #93e1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.913,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80273,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4DD

secondary

#9C3F38

accent

#493EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4DD

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

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