#53DAE0#53DAE0

#53DAE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.116 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DAE0
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 224)
HSL	hsl(183, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -34.33, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 37.01, 201.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.1092 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.116 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0874, 57.3590, 79.3599)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DAE0 #E05953

analogous

#53E09F #53DAE0 #5394E0

triadic

#53DAE0 #E053DA #DAE053

tetradic

#53DAE0 #9F53E0 #E05953 #94E053

square

#53DAE0 #9F53E0 #E05953 #94E053

split-complementary

#53DAE0 #E05394 #E09F53

monochromatic

#1C979C #26C9D0 #53DAE0 #87E5E9 #BBF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#53DAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#53DAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DAE0

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DAE0	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.116 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e9',
    500: '#53dae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dae0;
$custom-light: #93e6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.553,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81788,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DAE0

secondary

#A03C37

accent

#1C14D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DAE0

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

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