#53DAD9#53DAD9

#53DAD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.116 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DAD9
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 217)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -36.26, -10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 37.72, 195.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.1122 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.116 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1575, 56.9871, 74.4627)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DAD9 #DA5354

analogous

#53DA96 #53DAD9 #5397DA

triadic

#53DAD9 #D953DA #DAD953

tetradic

#53DAD9 #9653DA #DA5354 #97DA53

square

#53DAD9 #9653DA #DA5354 #97DA53

split-complementary

#53DAD9 #DA5397 #DA9653

monochromatic

#209392 #2AC5C4 #53DAD9 #85E5E4 #B8F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#53DAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#53DAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DAD9

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DAD9	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.116 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e4',
    500: '#53dad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dad9;
$custom-light: #93e6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.556,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8155,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DAD9

secondary

#98393A

accent

#4041E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DAD9

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

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