#53CEE6#53CEE6

#53CEE6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.113 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEE6
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 230)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -26.84, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 34.70, 219.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0947 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.113 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9156, 51.6905, 82.7212)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEE6 #E66B53

analogous

#53E6B5 #53CEE6 #5385E6

triadic

#53CEE6 #E653CE #CEE653

tetradic

#53CEE6 #B553E6 #E66B53 #85E653

square

#53CEE6 #B553E6 #E66B53 #85E653

split-complementary

#53CEE6 #E65385 #E6B553

monochromatic

#188FA6 #20BDDC #53CEE6 #88DDEE #BEECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#53CEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#53CEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEE6

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEE6	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.113 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ddee',
    500: '#53cee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cee6;
$custom-light: #93ddee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.796,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79202,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEE6

secondary

#A84835

accent

#2F0FD7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEE6

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

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