#53E4D4#53E4D4
#53E4D4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.125 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #53E4D4 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(83, 228, 212) |
| HSL | hsl(173, 73%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(173, 64%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 7%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.95, -42.12, -3.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.95, 42.28, 184.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.76% -0.1244 -0.0104) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.76% 0.125 184.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.1889, 62.0745, 71.9800) |
| Luminance | 0.6208 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 1.34
Tiffany Blue
#7BF2DA
ΔE00 4.74
Bright Aqua
#0BF9EA
ΔE00 5.01
Aqua (survey)
#13EAC9
ΔE00 5.37
Mediumturquoise
#48D1CC
ΔE00 5.61
Bright Turquoise
#0FFEF9
ΔE00 6.98
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#53E4D4 #E45363
analogous
#53E48B #53E4D4 #53ABE4
triadic
#53E4D4 #D453E4 #E4D453
tetradic
#53E4D4 #8B53E4 #E45363 #ABE453
square
#53E4D4 #8B53E4 #E45363 #ABE453
split-complementary
#53E4D4 #E453AB #E48B53
monochromatic
#1AA394 #22D8C4 #53E4D4 #88ECE1 #BDF5EE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#53E4D4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.42
#53E4D4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #53E4D4
13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##53E4D4 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##53E4D4 | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.42 | 13.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9D8D4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4C8D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E9DF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #53e4d4; /* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 228, 212); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.125 184.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#94ede1',
500: '#53e4d4',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #53e4d4; $custom-light: #94ede1; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#53e4d4",
"rgb": {
"r": 83,
"g": 228,
"b": 212
},
"hsl": {
"h": 173.379,
"s": 72.864,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83759,
"c": 0.12486,
"h": 184.8
},
"luminance": 0.62079
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#53E4D4
secondary
#A53642
accent
#1126D5
background
#FCFFFE
surface
#F5FEFC
border
#CFD6D5
text
#0E1615
muted
#7F8584