#53D9DE#53D9DE

#53D9DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.115 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9DE
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 222)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 2.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -34.42, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 36.89, 201.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.109 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.115 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5592, 56.7341, 77.8536)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9DE #DE5853

analogous

#53DE9D #53D9DE #5394DE

triadic

#53D9DE #DE53D9 #D9DE53

tetradic

#53D9DE #9D53DE #DE5853 #94DE53

square

#53D9DE #9D53DE #DE5853 #94DE53

split-complementary

#53D9DE #DE5394 #DE9D53

monochromatic

#1D9599 #27C7CD #53D9DE #86E4E8 #BAF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#53D9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#53D9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9DE

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9DE	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.115 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5e8',
    500: '#53d9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9de;
$custom-light: #93e5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.158,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81484,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9DE

secondary

#9D3C38

accent

#433DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9DE

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

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