#53DCD5#53DCD5

#53DCD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.118 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCD5
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 213)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 3.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -38.26, -7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 39.00, 191.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.1159 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.118 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1653, 57.8250, 71.9298)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCD5 #DC535A

analogous

#53DC90 #53DCD5 #539FDC

triadic

#53DCD5 #D553DC #DCD553

tetradic

#53DCD5 #9053DC #DC535A #9FDC53

square

#53DCD5 #9053DC #DC535A #9FDC53

split-complementary

#53DCD5 #DC539F #DC9053

monochromatic

#1F9690 #29C9C1 #53DCD5 #86E6E1 #B9F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#53DCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#53DCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCD5

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCD5	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.118 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7e1',
    500: '#53dcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dcd5;
$custom-light: #93e7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.934,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81891,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCD5

secondary

#9B393E

accent

#3F47E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCD5

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

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