#53D5DB#53D5DB

#53D5DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.113 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5DB
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 219)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -33.37, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 36.02, 202.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.1062 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.113 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1422, 54.5377, 75.4154)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5DB #DB5953

analogous

#53DB9D #53D5DB #5391DB

triadic

#53D5DB #DB53D5 #D5DB53

tetradic

#53D5DB #9D53DB #DB5953 #91DB53

square

#53D5DB #9D53DB #DB5953 #91DB53

split-complementary

#53D5DB #DB5391 #DB9D53

monochromatic

#1F8F95 #2AC0C7 #53D5DB #86E1E6 #B8EEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#53D5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5DB

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5DB	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.113 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2e6',
    500: '#53d5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5db;
$custom-light: #93e2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.647,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80439,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5DB

secondary

#993D39

accent

#473FE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5DB

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

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