#53D8DE#53D8DE

#53D8DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.115 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8DE
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 222)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -33.95, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 36.61, 201.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.108 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.115 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3022, 56.2202, 77.7680)
Luminance	0.5623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8DE #DE5953

analogous

#53DE9F #53D8DE #5393DE

triadic

#53D8DE #DE53D8 #D8DE53

tetradic

#53D8DE #9F53DE #DE5953 #93DE53

square

#53D8DE #9F53DE #DE5953 #93DE53

split-complementary

#53D8DE #DE5393 #DE9F53

monochromatic

#1D9499 #27C5CD #53D8DE #86E4E8 #BAEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#53D8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#53D8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8DE

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8DE	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.115 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4e8',
    500: '#53d8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8de;
$custom-light: #93e4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.59,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81249,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8DE

secondary

#9D3C38

accent

#453DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8DE

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

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