#53CEE2#53CEE2

#53CEE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.111 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEE2
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 226)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -28.01, -20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 34.44, 215.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0962 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.111 210)
XYZ	xyz(39.3603, 51.4684, 79.7968)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEE2 #E26753

analogous

#53E2AF #53CEE2 #5386E2

triadic

#53CEE2 #E253CE #CEE253

tetradic

#53CEE2 #AF53E2 #E26753 #86E253

square

#53CEE2 #AF53E2 #E26753 #86E253

split-complementary

#53CEE2 #E25386 #E2AF53

monochromatic

#1B8DA0 #24BBD4 #53CEE2 #87DDEB #BCECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#53CEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#53CEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEE2

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEE2	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.111 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ddeb',
    500: '#53cee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cee2;
$custom-light: #93ddeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.392,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79051,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.51473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEE2

secondary

#A34637

accent

#2D12D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEE2

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

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