#53D8DC#53D8DC

#53D8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.114 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8DC
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -34.51, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 36.78, 200.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.1089 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.114 198)
XYZ	xyz(41.0358, 56.1136, 76.3646)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8DC #DC5753

analogous

#53DC9C #53D8DC #5394DC

triadic

#53D8DC #DC53D8 #D8DC53

tetradic

#53D8DC #9C53DC #DC5753 #94DC53

square

#53D8DC #9C53DC #DC5753 #94DC53

split-complementary

#53D8DC #DC5394 #DC9C53

monochromatic

#1F9396 #29C4C9 #53D8DC #86E4E6 #B9EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#53D8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8DC

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8DC	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.114 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4e6',
    500: '#53d8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8dc;
$custom-light: #93e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.752,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8118,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.56118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8DC

secondary

#9B3C39

accent

#443FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8DC

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

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