#53D8D9#53D8D9

#53D8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.114 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8D9
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 217)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -35.33, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 37.08, 197.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.1101 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.114 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6420, 55.9561, 74.2909)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8D9 #D95453

analogous

#53D997 #53D8D9 #5395D9

triadic

#53D8D9 #D953D8 #D8D953

tetradic

#53D8D9 #9753D9 #D95453 #95D953

square

#53D8D9 #9753D9 #D95453 #95D953

split-complementary

#53D8D9 #D95395 #D99753

monochromatic

#209191 #2BC2C4 #53D8D9 #85E3E4 #B7EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#53D8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8D9

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8D9	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.114 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4e4',
    500: '#53d8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8d9;
$custom-light: #93e4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.448,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81077,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8D9

secondary

#973A3A

accent

#4241E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8D9

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

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