#53DDE6#53DDE6

#53DDE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.118 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DDE6
RGB	rgb(83, 221, 230)
HSL	hsl(184, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, -34.07, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 37.40, 204.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.1098 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.118 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7005, 59.2603, 83.9828)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DDE6 #E65C53

analogous

#53E6A5 #53DDE6 #5394E6

triadic

#53DDE6 #E653DD #DDE653

tetradic

#53DDE6 #A553E6 #E65C53 #94E653

square

#53DDE6 #A553E6 #E65C53 #94E653

split-complementary

#53DDE6 #E65394 #E6A553

monochromatic

#189EA6 #20D0DC #53DDE6 #88E8EE #BEF2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#53DDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#53DDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DDE6

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DDE6	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 221, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.118 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e8ed',
    500: '#53dde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dde6;
$custom-light: #94e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.673,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.827,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DDE6

secondary

#A83C35

accent

#1B0FD7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DDE6

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

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