#53D6DB#53D6DB

#53D6DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.113 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6DB
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 219)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 2.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -33.84, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 36.30, 201.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.1072 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.113 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3945, 55.0423, 75.4995)
Luminance	0.5505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6DB #DB5853

analogous

#53DB9C #53D6DB #5392DB

triadic

#53D6DB #DB53D6 #D6DB53

tetradic

#53D6DB #9C53DB #DB5853 #92DB53

square

#53D6DB #9C53DB #DB5853 #92DB53

split-complementary

#53D6DB #DB5392 #DB9C53

monochromatic

#1F9095 #2AC1C7 #53D6DB #86E2E6 #B8EEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#53D6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#53D6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6DB

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6DB	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.113 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e3e6',
    500: '#53d6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6db;
$custom-light: #93e3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.206,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80674,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6DB

secondary

#993D39

accent

#463FE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6DB

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

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