#53D4DE#53D4DE

#53D4DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.112 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4DE
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -32.06, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 35.59, 205.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.104 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.112 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2899, 54.1956, 77.4305)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4DE #DE5D53

analogous

#53DEA3 #53D4DE #538EDE

triadic

#53D4DE #DE53D4 #D4DE53

tetradic

#53D4DE #A353DE #DE5D53 #8EDE53

square

#53D4DE #A353DE #DE5D53 #8EDE53

split-complementary

#53D4DE #DE538E #DEA353

monochromatic

#1D9099 #27C1CD #53D4DE #86E1E8 #BAEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#53D4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#53D4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4DE

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4DE	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.112 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e8',
    500: '#53d4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4de;
$custom-light: #93e1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.317,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80309,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4DE

secondary

#9D3F38

accent

#4A3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4DE

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

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