#53DBD8#53DBD8

#53DBD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.117 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DBD8
RGB	rgb(83, 219, 216)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -36.99, -9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 38.19, 194.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.1136 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.117 193)
XYZ	xyz(41.2880, 57.4554, 73.8665)
Luminance	0.5746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DBD8 #DB5356

analogous

#53DB94 #53DBD8 #539ADB

triadic

#53DBD8 #D853DB #DBD853

tetradic

#53DBD8 #9453DB #DB5356 #9ADB53

square

#53DBD8 #9453DB #DB5356 #9ADB53

split-complementary

#53DBD8 #DB539A #DB9453

monochromatic

#1F9592 #2AC7C4 #53DBD8 #86E6E3 #B8F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#53DBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#53DBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DBD8

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DBD8	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 219, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.117 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e4',
    500: '#53dbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dbd8;
$custom-light: #93e6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.676,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81753,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.5746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DBD8

secondary

#99393B

accent

#3F43E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DBD8

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

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