#53DAD4#53DAD4

#53DAD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.116 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DAD4
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 212)
HSL	hsl(177, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -37.61, -7.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 38.44, 191.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.1143 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.116 191)
XYZ	xyz(40.5170, 56.7309, 71.0894)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DAD4 #DA5359

analogous

#53DA91 #53DAD4 #539DDA

triadic

#53DAD4 #D453DA #DAD453

tetradic

#53DAD4 #9153DA #DA5359 #9DDA53

square

#53DAD4 #9153DA #DA5359 #9DDA53

split-complementary

#53DAD4 #DA539D #DA9153

monochromatic

#20938E #2AC5BE #53DAD4 #85E5E1 #B8F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#53DAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#53DAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DAD4

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DAD4	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)

#CECFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.116 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e1',
    500: '#53dad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dad4;
$custom-light: #93e6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.333,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81385,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.56735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DAD4

secondary

#98393E

accent

#4048E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DAD4

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

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