#53C6DA#53C6DA

#53C6DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.106 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6DA
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -26.40, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 32.91, 216.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0912 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.106 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4110, 47.2853, 73.5241)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6DA #DA6753

analogous

#53DAAB #53C6DA #5383DA

triadic

#53C6DA #DA53C6 #C6DA53

tetradic

#53C6DA #AB53DA #DA6753 #83DA53

square

#53C6DA #AB53DA #DA6753 #83DA53

split-complementary

#53C6DA #DA5383 #DAAB53

monochromatic

#208293 #2AAEC5 #53C6DA #85D7E5 #B8E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#53C6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#53C6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6DA

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6DA	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.106 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7e5',
    500: '#53c6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6da;
$custom-light: #91d7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76879,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6DA

secondary

#DFB2AA

accent

#5940E8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6DA

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

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