#53C8DE#53C8DE

#53C8DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.108 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8DE
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -26.22, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 33.42, 218.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0917 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.108 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4009, 48.4175, 76.4675)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8DE #DE6953

analogous

#53DEAE #53C8DE #5383DE

triadic

#53C8DE #DE53C8 #C8DE53

tetradic

#53C8DE #AE53DE #DE6953 #83DE53

square

#53C8DE #AE53DE #DE6953 #83DE53

split-complementary

#53C8DE #DE5383 #DEAE53

monochromatic

#1D8699 #27B2CD #53C8DE #86D8E8 #BAE9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#53C8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#53C8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8DE

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8DE	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.108 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e8',
    500: '#53c8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8de;
$custom-light: #92d9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.496,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77499,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8DE

secondary

#E1B4AC

accent

#593DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8DE

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

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