#53DAD5#53DAD5

#53DAD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.116 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DAD5
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 213)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 2.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -37.34, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 38.28, 192.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.1139 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.116 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6436, 56.7815, 71.7558)
Luminance	0.5679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DAD5 #DA5358

analogous

#53DA92 #53DAD5 #539CDA

triadic

#53DAD5 #D553DA #DAD553

tetradic

#53DAD5 #9253DA #DA5358 #9CDA53

square

#53DAD5 #9253DA #DA5358 #9CDA53

split-complementary

#53DAD5 #DA539C #DA9253

monochromatic

#20938F #2AC5C0 #53DAD5 #85E5E1 #B8F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#53DAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#53DAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DAD5

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DAD5	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.116 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e1',
    500: '#53dad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dad5;
$custom-light: #93e6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81417,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DAD5

secondary

#98393D

accent

#4046E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DAD5

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

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