#53DADD#53DADD

#53DADD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.116 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DADD
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 221)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -35.17, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 37.27, 199.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.1105 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.116 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6841, 57.1977, 77.2360)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DADD #DD5653

analogous

#53DD9B #53DADD #5395DD

triadic

#53DADD #DD53DA #DADD53

tetradic

#53DADD #9B53DD #DD5653 #95DD53

square

#53DADD #9B53DD #DD5653 #95DD53

split-complementary

#53DADD #DD5395 #DD9B53

monochromatic

#1E9598 #28C7CB #53DADD #86E5E7 #B9F0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#53DADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#53DADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DADD

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DADD	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.116 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e7',
    500: '#53dadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dadd;
$custom-light: #93e6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81685,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DADD

secondary

#9C3B38

accent

#423EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DADD

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

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