#53D9DD#53D9DD

#53D9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.115 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9DD
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -34.70, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 36.98, 200.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.1095 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.115 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4256, 56.6807, 77.1499)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9DD #DD5753

analogous

#53DD9C #53D9DD #5394DD

triadic

#53D9DD #DD53D9 #D9DD53

tetradic

#53D9DD #9C53DD #DD5753 #94DD53

square

#53D9DD #9C53DD #DD5753 #94DD53

split-complementary

#53D9DD #DD5394 #DD9C53

monochromatic

#1E9498 #28C6CB #53D9DD #86E4E7 #B9F0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#53D9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#53D9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9DD

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9DD	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.115 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5e7',
    500: '#53d9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9dd;
$custom-light: #93e5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.739,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81449,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9DD

secondary

#9C3B38

accent

#433EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9DD

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

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