#53DACD#53DACD

#53DACD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.118 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DACD
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 205)
HSL	hsl(174, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -39.46, -4.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 39.72, 186.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.1173 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.118 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6531, 56.3853, 66.5395)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DACD #DA5360

analogous

#53DA8A #53DACD #53A4DA

triadic

#53DACD #CD53DA #DACD53

tetradic

#53DACD #8A53DA #DA5360 #A4DA53

square

#53DACD #8A53DA #DA5360 #A4DA53

split-complementary

#53DACD #DA53A4 #DA8A53

monochromatic

#209388 #2AC5B6 #53DACD #85E5DC #B8F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#53DACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#53DACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DACD

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DACD	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.118 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e6dc',
    500: '#53dacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dacd;
$custom-light: #92e6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.222,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81161,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DACD

secondary

#983942

accent

#4050E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DACD

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

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