#53DAD8#53DAD8

#53DAD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.116 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DAD8
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 216)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -36.53, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 37.85, 195.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.1126 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.116 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0279, 56.9352, 73.7798)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DAD8 #DA5355

analogous

#53DA95 #53DAD8 #5399DA

triadic

#53DAD8 #D853DA #DAD853

tetradic

#53DAD8 #9553DA #DA5355 #99DA53

square

#53DAD8 #9553DA #DA5355 #99DA53

split-complementary

#53DAD8 #DA5399 #DA9553

monochromatic

#209391 #2AC5C3 #53DAD8 #85E5E3 #B8F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#53DAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#53DAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DAD8

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DAD8	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.116 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e4',
    500: '#53dad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dad8;
$custom-light: #93e6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.111,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81516,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DAD8

secondary

#98393B

accent

#4043E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DAD8

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

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