#53DADC#53DADC

#53DADC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.116 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DADC
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -35.44, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 37.37, 198.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.1109 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.116 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5513, 57.1446, 76.5365)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DADC #DC5553

analogous

#53DC9A #53DADC #5396DC

triadic

#53DADC #DC53DA #DADC53

tetradic

#53DADC #9A53DC #DC5553 #96DC53

square

#53DADC #9A53DC #DC5553 #96DC53

split-complementary

#53DADC #DC5396 #DC9A53

monochromatic

#1F9496 #29C7C9 #53DADC #86E5E6 #B9F0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#53DADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#53DADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DADC

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DADC	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dadc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.116 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e6',
    500: '#53dadc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dadc;
$custom-light: #93e6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dadc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.876,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81651,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DADC

secondary

#9B3A39

accent

#413FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DADC

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

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