#53D4DF#53D4DF

#53D4DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.113 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4DF
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 223)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -31.77, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 35.55, 206.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.1036 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.113 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4243, 54.2493, 78.1385)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4DF #DF5E53

analogous

#53DFA4 #53D4DF #538EDF

triadic

#53D4DF #DF53D4 #D4DF53

tetradic

#53D4DF #A453DF #DF5E53 #8EDF53

square

#53D4DF #A453DF #DF5E53 #8EDF53

split-complementary

#53D4DF #DF538E #DFA453

monochromatic

#1D919B #26C1CE #53D4DF #87E1E9 #BAEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#53D4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#53D4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4DF

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4DF	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.113 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e9',
    500: '#53d4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4df;
$custom-light: #93e1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.714,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80344,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4DF

secondary

#9F4038

accent

#4A3CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4DF

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

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