#53CEE5#53CEE5

#53CEE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.112 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEE5
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 10%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -27.14, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 34.62, 218.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0951 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.112 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7756, 51.6345, 81.9838)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEE5 #E56A53

analogous

#53E5B3 #53CEE5 #5385E5

triadic

#53CEE5 #E553CE #CEE553

tetradic

#53CEE5 #B353E5 #E56A53 #85E553

square

#53CEE5 #B353E5 #E56A53 #85E553

split-complementary

#53CEE5 #E55385 #E5B353

monochromatic

#198FA5 #21BDDA #53CEE5 #88DDED #BDECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#53CEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#53CEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEE5

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEE5	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.112 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dded',
    500: '#53cee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cee5;
$custom-light: #93dded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.452,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79164,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEE5

secondary

#A74735

accent

#2F10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEE5

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

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