#53CEE3#53CEE3

#53CEE3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.112 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEE3
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 227)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 9.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -27.72, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 34.49, 216.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0959 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.112 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4979, 51.5234, 80.5216)
Luminance	0.5153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEE3 #E36853

analogous

#53E3B0 #53CEE3 #5386E3

triadic

#53CEE3 #E353CE #CEE353

tetradic

#53CEE3 #B053E3 #E36853 #86E353

square

#53CEE3 #B053E3 #E36853 #86E353

split-complementary

#53CEE3 #E35386 #E3B053

monochromatic

#1A8EA1 #23BCD6 #53CEE3 #88DDEC #BCECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#53CEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#53CEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEE3

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEE3	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.112 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ddeb',
    500: '#53cee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cee3;
$custom-light: #93ddeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79088,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEE3

secondary

#A44636

accent

#2E11D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEE3

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

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