#53CCE1#53CCE1

#53CCE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.110 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CCE1
RGB	rgb(83, 204, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -27.32, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 34.11, 216.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0946 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.11 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7451, 50.4568, 78.9168)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CCE1 #E16853

analogous

#53E1AF #53CCE1 #5385E1

triadic

#53CCE1 #E153CC #CCE153

tetradic

#53CCE1 #AF53E1 #E16853 #85E153

square

#53CCE1 #AF53E1 #E16853 #85E153

split-complementary

#53CCE1 #E15385 #E1AF53

monochromatic

#1C8B9E #25B8D2 #53CCE1 #87DBEA #BBEBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#53CCE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#53CCE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CCE1

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CCE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CCE1	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 204, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.110 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dcea',
    500: '#53cce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cce1;
$custom-light: #92dcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.873,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78546,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CCE1

secondary

#A14737

accent

#2F13D2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CCE1

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

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