#53CFE4#53CFE4

#53CFE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.112 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CFE4
RGB	rgb(83, 207, 228)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -27.92, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 34.68, 216.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0965 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.112 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8778, 52.0618, 81.3311)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CFE4 #E46853

analogous

#53E4B0 #53CFE4 #5386E4

triadic

#53CFE4 #E453CF #CFE453

tetradic

#53CFE4 #B053E4 #E46853 #86E453

square

#53CFE4 #B053E4 #E46853 #86E453

split-complementary

#53CFE4 #E45386 #E4B053

monochromatic

#1A8FA3 #22BED8 #53CFE4 #88DEEC #BDEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#53CFE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#53CFE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CFE4

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CFE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CFE4	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cfe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 207, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.112 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93deec',
    500: '#53cfe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cfe4;
$custom-light: #93deec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cfe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.69,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79359,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CFE4

secondary

#A54636

accent

#2D11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CFE4

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

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