#53D6DC#53D6DC

#53D6DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.113 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6DC
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 220)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 2.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -33.57, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 36.22, 202.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.1068 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.113 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5265, 55.0951, 76.1949)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6DC #DC5953

analogous

#53DC9E #53D6DC #5391DC

triadic

#53D6DC #DC53D6 #D6DC53

tetradic

#53D6DC #9E53DC #DC5953 #91DC53

square

#53D6DC #9E53DC #DC5953 #91DC53

split-complementary

#53D6DC #DC5391 #DC9E53

monochromatic

#1F9196 #29C2C9 #53D6DC #86E2E6 #B9EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#53D6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#53D6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6DC

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6DC	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.113 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e3e6',
    500: '#53d6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6dc;
$custom-light: #93e3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.628,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80709,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6DC

secondary

#9B3D39

accent

#463FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6DC

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

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