#53CFE3#53CFE3

#53CFE3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.112 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CFE3
RGB	rgb(83, 207, 227)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -28.21, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 34.63, 215.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0969 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.112 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7394, 52.0064, 80.6021)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CFE3 #E36753

analogous

#53E3AF #53CFE3 #5387E3

triadic

#53CFE3 #E353CF #CFE353

tetradic

#53CFE3 #AF53E3 #E36753 #87E353

square

#53CFE3 #AF53E3 #E36753 #87E353

split-complementary

#53CFE3 #E35387 #E3AF53

monochromatic

#1A8FA1 #23BDD6 #53CFE3 #88DEEC #BCECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#53CFE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#53CFE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CFE3

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CFE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CFE3	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cfe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 207, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.112 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93deeb',
    500: '#53cfe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cfe3;
$custom-light: #93deeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cfe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79321,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CFE3

secondary

#A44536

accent

#2C11D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CFE3

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

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