#53DDDB#53DDDB

#53DDDB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.118 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DDDB
RGB	rgb(83, 221, 219)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 0.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -37.10, -10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 38.45, 195.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.1143 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.118 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2042, 58.6618, 76.1027)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DDDB #DD5355

analogous

#53DD96 #53DDDB #539ADD

triadic

#53DDDB #DB53DD #DDDB53

tetradic

#53DDDB #9653DD #DD5355 #9ADD53

square

#53DDDB #9653DD #DD5355 #9ADD53

split-complementary

#53DDDB #DD539A #DD9653

monochromatic

#1E9896 #28CBC8 #53DDDB #86E7E6 #B9F1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#53DDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#53DDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DDDB

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DDDB	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 221, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.118 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e8e6',
    500: '#53dddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dddb;
$custom-light: #93e8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.13,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82324,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DDDB

secondary

#9C383A

accent

#3E40EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DDDB

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

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