#53D6DF#53D6DF

#53D6DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.114 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6DF
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 223)
HSL	hsl(184, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -32.73, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 36.03, 204.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.1056 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.114 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9274, 55.2554, 78.3062)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6DF #DF5C53

analogous

#53DFA2 #53D6DF #5390DF

triadic

#53D6DF #DF53D6 #D6DF53

tetradic

#53D6DF #A253DF #DF5C53 #90DF53

square

#53D6DF #A253DF #DF5C53 #90DF53

split-complementary

#53D6DF #DF5390 #DFA253

monochromatic

#1D939B #26C4CE #53D6DF #87E2E9 #BAEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#53D6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#53D6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6DF

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6DF	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.114 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e3e9',
    500: '#53d6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6df;
$custom-light: #93e3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.857,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80814,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6DF

secondary

#9F3E38

accent

#483CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6DF

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

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