#53DAAD#53DAAD

#53DAAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.135 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DAAD
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 173)
HSL	hsl(160, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(160, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 20.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -47.29, 11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 48.64, 166.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.1316 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.135 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1777, 54.9952, 48.2356)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DAAD #DA5380

analogous

#53DA6A #53DAAD #53C4DA

triadic

#53DAAD #AD53DA #DAAD53

tetradic

#53DAAD #6A53DA #DA5380 #C4DA53

square

#53DAAD #6A53DA #DA5380 #C4DA53

split-complementary

#53DAAD #DA53C4 #DA6A53

monochromatic

#20936D #2AC592 #53DAAD #85E5C5 #B8F0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#53DAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#53DAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DAAD

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DAAD	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CCAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53daad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.135 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e6c5',
    500: '#53daad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53daad;
$custom-light: #91e6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53daad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80252,
    "c": 0.13483,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DAAD

secondary

#983959

accent

#4078E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DAAD

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

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