#53DACC#53DACC

#53DACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.118 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DACC
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 204)
HSL	hsl(174, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 6.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -39.72, -4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 39.92, 185.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.1177 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.118 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5328, 56.3372, 65.9058)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DACC #DA5361

analogous

#53DA89 #53DACC #53A5DA

triadic

#53DACC #CC53DA #DACC53

tetradic

#53DACC #8953DA #DA5361 #A5DA53

square

#53DACC #8953DA #DA5361 #A5DA53

split-complementary

#53DACC #DA53A5 #DA8953

monochromatic

#209387 #2AC5B5 #53DACC #85E5DB #B8F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#53DACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#53DACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DACC

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DACC	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.118 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e6db',
    500: '#53dacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dacc;
$custom-light: #92e6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.778,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8113,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DACC

secondary

#983943

accent

#4052E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DACC

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

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