#53DCDF#53DCDF

#53DCDF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.117 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCDF
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 223)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -35.55, -12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 37.67, 199.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.1117 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.117 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4739, 58.3485, 78.8217)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCDF #DF5653

analogous

#53DF9C #53DCDF #5396DF

triadic

#53DCDF #DF53DC #DCDF53

tetradic

#53DCDF #9C53DF #DF5653 #96DF53

square

#53DCDF #9C53DF #DF5653 #96DF53

split-complementary

#53DCDF #DF5396 #DF9C53

monochromatic

#1D989B #26CBCE #53DCDF #87E6E9 #BAF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#53DCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#53DCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCDF

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCDF	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.117 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7e9',
    500: '#53dcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dcdf;
$custom-light: #94e7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.286,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82223,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCDF

secondary

#9F3A38

accent

#403CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCDF

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

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