#53DBDE#53DBDE

#53DBDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.116 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DBDE
RGB	rgb(83, 219, 222)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -35.36, -12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 37.47, 199.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.1111 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.116 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0778, 57.7714, 78.0265)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DBDE #DE5653

analogous

#53DE9C #53DBDE #5396DE

triadic

#53DBDE #DE53DB #DBDE53

tetradic

#53DBDE #9C53DE #DE5653 #96DE53

square

#53DBDE #9C53DE #DE5653 #96DE53

split-complementary

#53DBDE #DE5396 #DE9C53

monochromatic

#1D9799 #27C9CD #53DBDE #86E6E8 #BAF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#53DBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#53DBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DBDE

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DBDE	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 219, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.116 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e8',
    500: '#53dbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dbde;
$custom-light: #93e6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.295,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81954,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DBDE

secondary

#9D3A38

accent

#413DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DBDE

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

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