#53D5D8#53D5D8

#53D5D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.113 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5D8
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 216)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -34.20, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 36.27, 199.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.1075 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.113 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7508, 54.3811, 73.3541)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5D8 #D85653

analogous

#53D898 #53D5D8 #5392D8

triadic

#53D5D8 #D853D5 #D5D853

tetradic

#53D5D8 #9853D8 #D85653 #92D853

square

#53D5D8 #9853D8 #D85653 #92D853

split-complementary

#53D5D8 #D85392 #D89853

monochromatic

#218D90 #2CBEC2 #53D5D8 #85E1E3 #B7EDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#53D5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#53D5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5D8

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5D8	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.113 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e2e4',
    500: '#53d5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5d8;
$custom-light: #92e2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.353,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80335,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5D8

secondary

#953C3A

accent

#4542E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5D8

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

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