#53C5DA#53C5DA

#53C5DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.106 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5DA
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -25.90, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 32.78, 217.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0902 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.106 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1832, 46.8297, 73.4482)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5DA #DA6853

analogous

#53DAAB #53C5DA #5382DA

triadic

#53C5DA #DA53C5 #C5DA53

tetradic

#53C5DA #AB53DA #DA6853 #82DA53

square

#53C5DA #AB53DA #DA6853 #82DA53

split-complementary

#53C5DA #DA5382 #DAAB53

monochromatic

#208193 #2AADC5 #53C5DA #85D6E5 #B8E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#53C5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#53C5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5DA

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5DA	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.106 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7e5',
    500: '#53c5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5da;
$custom-light: #91d7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76645,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5DA

secondary

#DFB2AA

accent

#5A40E8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5DA

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

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