#53D5DC#53D5DC

#53D5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.113 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5DC
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 220)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -33.09, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 35.95, 202.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.1058 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.113 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2742, 54.5905, 76.1108)
Luminance	0.5460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5DC #DC5A53

analogous

#53DC9F #53D5DC #5390DC

triadic

#53D5DC #DC53D5 #D5DC53

tetradic

#53D5DC #9F53DC #DC5A53 #90DC53

square

#53D5DC #9F53DC #DC5A53 #90DC53

split-complementary

#53D5DC #DC5390 #DC9F53

monochromatic

#1F9096 #29C1C9 #53D5DC #86E1E6 #B9EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#53D5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5DC

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5DC	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.113 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2e6',
    500: '#53d5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5dc;
$custom-light: #93e2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.066,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80473,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5DC

secondary

#9B3E39

accent

#473FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5DC

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

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