#53DDE9#53DDE9

#53DDE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.118 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DDE9
RGB	rgb(83, 221, 233)
HSL	hsl(185, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -33.22, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 37.26, 206.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.1085 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.118 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1254, 59.4302, 86.2207)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DDE9 #E95F53

analogous

#53E9AA #53DDE9 #5392E9

triadic

#53DDE9 #E953DD #DDE953

tetradic

#53DDE9 #AA53E9 #E95F53 #92E953

square

#53DDE9 #AA53E9 #E95F53 #92E953

split-complementary

#53DDE9 #E95392 #E9AA53

monochromatic

#16A0AC #1DD2E2 #53DDE9 #89E8F0 #C0F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#53DDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#53DDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DDE9

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DDE9	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 221, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.118 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e8f0',
    500: '#53dde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dde9;
$custom-light: #95e8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82806,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DDE9

secondary

#AD3D33

accent

#1C0CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DDE9

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

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