#53D5DE#53D5DE

#53D5DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.113 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5DE
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -32.53, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 35.83, 204.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.105 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.113 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5407, 54.6970, 77.5141)
Luminance	0.5470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5DE #DE5C53

analogous

#53DEA2 #53D5DE #538FDE

triadic

#53D5DE #DE53D5 #D5DE53

tetradic

#53D5DE #A253DE #DE5C53 #8FDE53

square

#53D5DE #A253DE #DE5C53 #8FDE53

split-complementary

#53D5DE #DE538F #DEA253

monochromatic

#1D9199 #27C2CD #53D5DE #86E2E8 #BAEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#53D5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5DE

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5DE	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.113 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2e8',
    500: '#53d5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5de;
$custom-light: #93e2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.885,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80544,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5DE

secondary

#9D3F38

accent

#483DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5DE

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

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