#53DCD8#53DCD8

#53DCD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.117 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCD8
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 216)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -37.45, -9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 38.53, 193.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.1146 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.117 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5496, 57.9788, 73.9537)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCD8 #DC5357

analogous

#53DC94 #53DCD8 #539CDC

triadic

#53DCD8 #D853DC #DCD853

tetradic

#53DCD8 #9453DC #DC5357 #9CDC53

square

#53DCD8 #9453DC #DC5357 #9CDC53

split-complementary

#53DCD8 #DC539C #DC9453

monochromatic

#1F9693 #29C9C4 #53DCD8 #86E6E4 #B9F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#53DCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#53DCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCD8

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCD8	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.117 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7e4',
    500: '#53dcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dcd8;
$custom-light: #93e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.248,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81989,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCD8

secondary

#9B393C

accent

#3F44E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCD8

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

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