#53D8DF#53D8DF

#53D8DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.115 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8DF
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 223)
HSL	hsl(183, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -33.67, -14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 36.54, 202.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.1076 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.115 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4367, 56.2739, 78.4759)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8DF #DF5A53

analogous

#53DFA0 #53D8DF #5392DF

triadic

#53D8DF #DF53D8 #D8DF53

tetradic

#53D8DF #A053DF #DF5A53 #92DF53

square

#53D8DF #A053DF #DF5A53 #92DF53

split-complementary

#53D8DF #DF5392 #DFA053

monochromatic

#1D949B #26C6CE #53D8DF #87E4E9 #BAEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#53D8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#53D8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8DF

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8DF	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.115 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4e9',
    500: '#53d8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8df;
$custom-light: #93e4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81283,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8DF

secondary

#9F3D38

accent

#453CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8DF

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

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