#53C9DF#53C9DF

#53C9DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.109 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9DF
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -26.42, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 33.61, 218.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0923 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.109 212)
XYZ	xyz(37.7677, 48.9360, 77.2529)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9DF #DF6953

analogous

#53DFAF #53C9DF #5383DF

triadic

#53C9DF #DF53C9 #C9DF53

tetradic

#53C9DF #AF53DF #DF6953 #83DF53

square

#53C9DF #AF53DF #DF6953 #83DF53

split-complementary

#53C9DF #DF5383 #DFAF53

monochromatic

#1D879B #26B4CE #53C9DF #87D9E9 #BAE9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#53C9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#53C9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9DF

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9DF	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.109 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e9',
    500: '#53c9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9df;
$custom-light: #92d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.429,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7777,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.4894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9DF

secondary

#E2B4AC

accent

#583CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9DF

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

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