#53DCD4#53DCD4

#53DCD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.118 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCD4
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 212)
HSL	hsl(176, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -38.53, -7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 39.17, 190.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.1163 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.118 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0388, 57.7744, 71.2634)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCD4 #DC535B

analogous

#53DC8F #53DCD4 #53A0DC

triadic

#53DCD4 #D453DC #DCD453

tetradic

#53DCD4 #8F53DC #DC535B #A0DC53

square

#53DCD4 #8F53DC #DC535B #A0DC53

split-complementary

#53DCD4 #DC53A0 #DC8F53

monochromatic

#1F968F #29C9C0 #53DCD4 #86E6E1 #B9F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#53DCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#53DCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCD4

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCD4	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)

#D0D1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.118 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7e1',
    500: '#53dcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dcd4;
$custom-light: #93e7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.496,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81859,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCD4

secondary

#9B393E

accent

#3F49E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCD4

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

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