#53DCDE#53DCDE

#53DCDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.117 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCDE
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 222)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -35.82, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 37.77, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.1121 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.117 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3395, 58.2947, 78.1137)
Luminance	0.5830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCDE #DE5553

analogous

#53DE9A #53DCDE #5397DE

triadic

#53DCDE #DE53DC #DCDE53

tetradic

#53DCDE #9A53DE #DE5553 #97DE53

square

#53DCDE #9A53DE #DE5553 #97DE53

split-complementary

#53DCDE #DE5397 #DE9A53

monochromatic

#1D9799 #27CACD #53DCDE #86E6E8 #BAF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#53DCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#53DCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCDE

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCDE	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.117 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7e8',
    500: '#53dcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dcde;
$custom-light: #94e7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.863,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82189,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCDE

secondary

#9D3938

accent

#403DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCDE

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

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