#53DDCE#53DDCE

#53DDCE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.120 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DDCE
RGB	rgb(83, 221, 206)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 6.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -40.55, -3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 40.72, 185.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.1199 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.12 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5592, 58.0038, 67.4389)
Luminance	0.5801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DDCE #DD5362

analogous

#53DD89 #53DDCE #53A7DD

triadic

#53DDCE #CE53DD #DDCE53

tetradic

#53DDCE #8953DD #DD5362 #A7DD53

square

#53DDCE #8953DD #DD5362 #A7DD53

split-complementary

#53DDCE #DD53A7 #DD8953

monochromatic

#1E988A #28CBB9 #53DDCE #86E7DD #B9F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#53DDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#53DDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DDCE

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DDCE	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)

#D2D1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ddce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 221, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.120 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e8dc',
    500: '#53ddce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ddce;
$custom-light: #93e8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ddce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.478,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81908,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DDCE

secondary

#9C3843

accent

#3E51EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DDCE

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

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