#53DAD6#53DAD6

#53DAD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.116 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DAD6
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 214)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 1.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -37.07, -8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 38.13, 193.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.1134 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.116 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7709, 56.8324, 72.4264)
Luminance	0.5684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DAD6 #DA5357

analogous

#53DA93 #53DAD6 #539BDA

triadic

#53DAD6 #D653DA #DAD653

tetradic

#53DAD6 #9353DA #DA5357 #9BDA53

square

#53DAD6 #9353DA #DA5357 #9BDA53

split-complementary

#53DAD6 #DA539B #DA9353

monochromatic

#209390 #2AC5C1 #53DAD6 #85E5E2 #B8F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#53DAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#53DAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DAD6

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DAD6	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.116 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e2',
    500: '#53dad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dad6;
$custom-light: #93e6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.222,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8145,
    "c": 0.11611,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DAD6

secondary

#98393C

accent

#4045E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DAD6

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

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