#53D6D9#53D6D9

#53D6D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.113 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6D9
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 217)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -34.40, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 36.47, 199.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.1081 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.113 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1328, 54.9376, 74.1211)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6D9 #D95653

analogous

#53D999 #53D6D9 #5393D9

triadic

#53D6D9 #D953D6 #D6D953

tetradic

#53D6D9 #9953D9 #D95653 #93D953

square

#53D6D9 #9953D9 #D95653 #93D953

split-complementary

#53D6D9 #D95393 #D99953

monochromatic

#208F91 #2BC0C4 #53D6D9 #85E2E4 #B7EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#53D6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#53D6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6D9

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6D9	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.113 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e3e4',
    500: '#53d6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6d9;
$custom-light: #93e3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.343,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80605,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6D9

secondary

#973C3A

accent

#4541E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6D9

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

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