#53DDDE#53DDDE

#53DDDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.118 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DDDE
RGB	rgb(83, 221, 222)
HSL	hsl(180, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -36.29, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 38.07, 197.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.1131 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.118 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6027, 58.8212, 78.2015)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DDDE #DE5453

analogous

#53DE9A #53DDDE #5397DE

triadic

#53DDDE #DE53DD #DDDE53

tetradic

#53DDDE #9A53DE #DE5453 #97DE53

square

#53DDDE #9A53DE #DE5453 #97DE53

split-complementary

#53DDDE #DE5397 #DE9A53

monochromatic

#1D9899 #27CBCD #53DDDE #86E7E8 #BAF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#53DDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#53DDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DDDE

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DDDE	1.00	1.65	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ddde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 221, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.118 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e8e8',
    500: '#53ddde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ddde;
$custom-light: #94e8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ddde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.432,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82425,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DDDE

secondary

#9D3938

accent

#3E3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DDDE

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

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