#53D5DA#53D5DA

#53D5DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.113 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5DA
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 218)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 2.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -33.65, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 36.10, 201.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.1066 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.113 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0109, 54.4852, 74.7241)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5DA #DA5853

analogous

#53DA9C #53D5DA #5392DA

triadic

#53D5DA #DA53D5 #D5DA53

tetradic

#53D5DA #9C53DA #DA5853 #92DA53

square

#53D5DA #9C53DA #DA5853 #92DA53

split-complementary

#53D5DA #DA5392 #DA9C53

monochromatic

#208F93 #2AC0C5 #53D5DA #85E1E5 #B8EEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#53D5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#53D5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5DA

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5DA	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.113 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2e5',
    500: '#53d5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5da;
$custom-light: #93e2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80404,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5DA

secondary

#983D39

accent

#4640E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5DA

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

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