#53D8DD#53D8DD

#53D8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.114 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8DD
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -34.23, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 36.69, 201.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.1084 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.114 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1686, 56.1667, 77.0642)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8DD #DD5853

analogous

#53DD9D #53D8DD #5393DD

triadic

#53D8DD #DD53D8 #D8DD53

tetradic

#53D8DD #9D53DD #DD5853 #93DD53

square

#53D8DD #9D53DD #DD5853 #93DD53

split-complementary

#53D8DD #DD5393 #DD9D53

monochromatic

#1E9398 #28C5CB #53D8DD #86E4E7 #B9EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#53D8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8DD

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8DD	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.114 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4e7',
    500: '#53d8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8dd;
$custom-light: #93e4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.174,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81214,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8DD

secondary

#9C3C38

accent

#443EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8DD

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

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