#53CFE5#53CFE5

#53CFE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.112 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CFE5
RGB	rgb(83, 207, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -27.63, -21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 34.74, 217.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0961 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.112 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0171, 52.1175, 82.0643)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CFE5 #E56953

analogous

#53E5B2 #53CFE5 #5386E5

triadic

#53CFE5 #E553CF #CFE553

tetradic

#53CFE5 #B253E5 #E56953 #86E553

square

#53CFE5 #B253E5 #E56953 #86E553

split-complementary

#53CFE5 #E55386 #E5B253

monochromatic

#1990A5 #21BEDA #53CFE5 #88DEED #BDEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#53CFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#53CFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CFE5

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CFE5	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 207, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.112 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93deed',
    500: '#53cfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cfe5;
$custom-light: #93deed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.041,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79397,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CFE5

secondary

#A74635

accent

#2E10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CFE5

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

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