#53D9DC#53D9DC

#53D9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.115 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9DC
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -34.97, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 37.07, 199.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.1099 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.115 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2928, 56.6275, 76.4503)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9DC #DC5653

analogous

#53DC9B #53D9DC #5395DC

triadic

#53D9DC #DC53D9 #D9DC53

tetradic

#53D9DC #9B53DC #DC5653 #95DC53

square

#53D9DC #9B53DC #DC5653 #95DC53

split-complementary

#53D9DC #DC5395 #DC9B53

monochromatic

#1F9396 #29C5C9 #53D9DC #86E4E6 #B9EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#53D9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#53D9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9DC

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9DC	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.115 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5e6',
    500: '#53d9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9dc;
$custom-light: #93e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.314,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81415,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9DC

secondary

#9B3B39

accent

#423FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9DC

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

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