#53CAE0#53CAE0

#53CAE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.109 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAE0
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 224)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -26.63, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 33.80, 218.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.093 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.109 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1368, 49.4578, 78.0430)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAE0 #E06953

analogous

#53E0B0 #53CAE0 #5383E0

triadic

#53CAE0 #E053CA #CAE053

tetradic

#53CAE0 #B053E0 #E06953 #83E053

square

#53CAE0 #B053E0 #E06953 #83E053

split-complementary

#53CAE0 #E05383 #E0B053

monochromatic

#1C889C #26B6D0 #53CAE0 #87DAE9 #BBEAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53CAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#53CAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAE0

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAE0	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.109 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dae9',
    500: '#53cae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cae0;
$custom-light: #92dae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.362,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78042,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAE0

secondary

#E2B5AC

accent

#3214D1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAE0

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

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