#53C8DF#53C8DF

#53C8DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.109 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8DF
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -25.93, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 33.50, 219.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0913 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.109 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5353, 48.4713, 77.1755)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8DF #DF6A53

analogous

#53DFB0 #53C8DF #5382DF

triadic

#53C8DF #DF53C8 #C8DF53

tetradic

#53C8DF #B053DF #DF6A53 #82DF53

square

#53C8DF #B053DF #DF6A53 #82DF53

split-complementary

#53C8DF #DF5382 #DFB053

monochromatic

#1D869B #26B3CE #53C8DF #87D9E9 #BAE9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53C8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#53C8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8DF

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8DF	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.109 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e9',
    500: '#53c8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8df;
$custom-light: #92d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.857,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77537,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8DF

secondary

#E2B5AC

accent

#593CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8DF

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

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