#53D6DE#53D6DE

#53D6DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.113 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6DE
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 222)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -33.01, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 36.08, 203.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.106 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.113 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7930, 55.2017, 77.5982)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6DE #DE5B53

analogous

#53DEA0 #53D6DE #5391DE

triadic

#53D6DE #DE53D6 #D6DE53

tetradic

#53D6DE #A053DE #DE5B53 #91DE53

square

#53D6DE #A053DE #DE5B53 #91DE53

split-complementary

#53D6DE #DE5391 #DEA053

monochromatic

#1D9299 #27C3CD #53D6DE #86E2E8 #BAEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#53D6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#53D6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6DE

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6DE	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.113 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e3e8',
    500: '#53d6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6de;
$custom-light: #93e3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.453,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80779,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6DE

secondary

#9D3E38

accent

#473DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6DE

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

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