#53CAE1#53CAE1

#53CAE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.110 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAE1
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 225)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -26.33, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 33.88, 218.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0926 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.11 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2728, 49.5122, 78.7594)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAE1 #E16A53

analogous

#53E1B1 #53CAE1 #5383E1

triadic

#53CAE1 #E153CA #CAE153

tetradic

#53CAE1 #B153E1 #E16A53 #83E153

square

#53CAE1 #B153E1 #E16A53 #83E153

split-complementary

#53CAE1 #E15383 #E1B153

monochromatic

#1C899E #25B6D2 #53CAE1 #87DAEA #BBEAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53CAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#53CAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAE1

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAE1	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.110 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92daea',
    500: '#53cae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cae1;
$custom-light: #92daea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.718,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7808,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAE1

secondary

#E3B6AD

accent

#3213D2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAE1

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

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