#53D5DD#53D5DD

#53D5DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.113 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5DD
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 221)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -32.81, -14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 35.89, 203.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.1054 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.113 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4071, 54.6436, 76.8103)
Luminance	0.5465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5DD #DD5B53

analogous

#53DDA0 #53D5DD #5390DD

triadic

#53D5DD #DD53D5 #D5DD53

tetradic

#53D5DD #A053DD #DD5B53 #90DD53

square

#53D5DD #A053DD #DD5B53 #90DD53

split-complementary

#53D5DD #DD5390 #DDA053

monochromatic

#1E9198 #28C1CB #53D5DD #86E1E7 #B9EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#53D5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5DD

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5DD	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.113 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2e7',
    500: '#53d5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5dd;
$custom-light: #93e2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.478,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80508,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5DD

secondary

#9C3E38

accent

#483EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5DD

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

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