#53D9D5#53D9D5

#53D9D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.116 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9D5
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 213)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 1.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -36.88, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 37.93, 193.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.1128 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.116 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3850, 56.2645, 71.6697)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9D5 #D95357

analogous

#53D992 #53D9D5 #539AD9

triadic

#53D9D5 #D553D9 #D9D553

tetradic

#53D9D5 #9253D9 #D95357 #9AD953

square

#53D9D5 #9253D9 #D95357 #9AD953

split-complementary

#53D9D5 #D9539A #D99253

monochromatic

#20918E #2BC4BF #53D9D5 #85E4E1 #B7EFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#53D9D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#53D9D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9D5

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9D5	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)

#CDCFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.116 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5e1',
    500: '#53d9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9d5;
$custom-light: #93e5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.209,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8118,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9D5

secondary

#973A3C

accent

#4146E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9D5

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

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