#53D6DD#53D6DD

#53D6DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.113 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6DD
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 221)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -33.29, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 36.15, 202.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.1064 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.113 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6594, 55.1482, 76.8944)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6DD #DD5A53

analogous

#53DD9F #53D6DD #5391DD

triadic

#53D6DD #DD53D6 #D6DD53

tetradic

#53D6DD #9F53DD #DD5A53 #91DD53

square

#53D6DD #9F53DD #DD5A53 #91DD53

split-complementary

#53D6DD #DD5391 #DD9F53

monochromatic

#1E9198 #28C2CB #53D6DD #86E2E7 #B9EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#53D6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#53D6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6DD

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6DD	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.113 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e3e7',
    500: '#53d6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6dd;
$custom-light: #93e3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.043,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80744,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6DD

secondary

#9C3D38

accent

#473EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6DD

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

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