#53D8DB#53D8DB

#53D8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.114 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8DB
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -34.78, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 36.87, 199.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.1093 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.114 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9037, 56.0608, 75.6692)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8DB #DB5653

analogous

#53DB9A #53D8DB #5394DB

triadic

#53D8DB #DB53D8 #D8DB53

tetradic

#53D8DB #9A53DB #DB5653 #94DB53

square

#53D8DB #9A53DB #DB5653 #94DB53

split-complementary

#53D8DB #DB5394 #DB9A53

monochromatic

#1F9295 #2AC4C7 #53D8DB #86E3E6 #B8EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#53D8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8DB

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8DB	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.114 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4e6',
    500: '#53d8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8db;
$custom-light: #93e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.324,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81145,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8DB

secondary

#993B39

accent

#433FE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8DB

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

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