#53DDE2#53DDE2

#53DDE2 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.118 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DDE2
RGB	rgb(83, 221, 226)
HSL	hsl(182, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 2.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -35.18, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 37.68, 200.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.1114 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.118 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1452, 59.0382, 81.0584)
Luminance	0.5904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DDE2 #E25853

analogous

#53E29F #53DDE2 #5395E2

triadic

#53DDE2 #E253DD #DDE253

tetradic

#53DDE2 #9F53E2 #E25853 #95E253

square

#53DDE2 #9F53E2 #E25853 #95E253

split-complementary

#53DDE2 #E25395 #E29F53

monochromatic

#1B9BA0 #24CED4 #53DDE2 #87E7EB #BCF2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#53DDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#53DDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DDE2

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DDE2	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 221, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.118 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e8eb',
    500: '#53dde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dde2;
$custom-light: #94e8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.098,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82561,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DDE2

secondary

#A33A37

accent

#1912D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DDE2

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

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