#53D9DB#53D9DB

#53D9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.115 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9DB
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -35.25, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 37.17, 198.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.1103 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.115 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1607, 56.5747, 75.7549)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9DB #DB5553

analogous

#53DB99 #53D9DB #5395DB

triadic

#53D9DB #DB53D9 #D9DB53

tetradic

#53D9DB #9953DB #DB5553 #95DB53

square

#53D9DB #9953DB #DB5553 #95DB53

split-complementary

#53D9DB #DB5395 #DB9953

monochromatic

#1F9395 #2AC5C7 #53D9DB #86E4E6 #B8EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#53D9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#53D9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9DB

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9DB	1.00	1.71	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.115 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5e6',
    500: '#53d9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9db;
$custom-light: #93e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81381,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9DB

secondary

#993A39

accent

#423FE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9DB

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

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