#53DCE0#53DCE0

#53DCE0 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.117 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCE0
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 224)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 1.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, -35.27, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 37.57, 200.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.1112 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.117 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6091, 58.4026, 79.5338)
Luminance	0.5841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCE0 #E05753

analogous

#53E09D #53DCE0 #5396E0

triadic

#53DCE0 #E053DC #DCE053

tetradic

#53DCE0 #9D53E0 #E05753 #96E053

square

#53DCE0 #9D53E0 #E05753 #96E053

split-complementary

#53DCE0 #E05396 #E09D53

monochromatic

#1C999C #26CBD0 #53DCE0 #87E7E9 #BBF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#53DCE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#53DCE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCE0

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCE0	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.117 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7e9',
    500: '#53dce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dce0;
$custom-light: #94e7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.702,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82258,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCE0

secondary

#A03A37

accent

#1914D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCE0

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

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