#53C5DB#53C5DB

#53C5DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.106 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5DB
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 219)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 10%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -25.61, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 32.86, 218.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0898 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.106 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3144, 46.8822, 74.1395)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5DB #DB6953

analogous

#53DBAD #53C5DB #5381DB

triadic

#53C5DB #DB53C5 #C5DB53

tetradic

#53C5DB #AD53DB #DB6953 #81DB53

square

#53C5DB #AD53DB #DB6953 #81DB53

split-complementary

#53C5DB #DB5381 #DBAD53

monochromatic

#1F8295 #2AAEC7 #53C5DB #86D6E6 #B8E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#53C5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5DB

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5DB	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.106 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6e6',
    500: '#53c5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5db;
$custom-light: #91d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.706,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76683,
    "c": 0.10642,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5DB

secondary

#DFB3AA

accent

#5B3FE8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5DB

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

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