#53D8DA#53D8DA

#53D8DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.114 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8DA
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 218)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -35.06, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 36.98, 198.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.1097 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.114 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7725, 56.0083, 74.9780)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8DA #DA5553

analogous

#53DA99 #53D8DA #5395DA

triadic

#53D8DA #DA53D8 #D8DA53

tetradic

#53D8DA #9953DA #DA5553 #95DA53

square

#53D8DA #9953DA #DA5553 #95DA53

split-complementary

#53D8DA #DA5395 #DA9953

monochromatic

#209193 #2AC3C5 #53D8DA #85E3E5 #B8EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#53D8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8DA

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8DA	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.114 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4e5',
    500: '#53d8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8da;
$custom-light: #93e4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.889,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81111,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8DA

secondary

#983B39

accent

#4340E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8DA

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

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