#53CFE6#53CFE6

#53CFE6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.113 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CFE6
RGB	rgb(83, 207, 230)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 10%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -27.34, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 34.81, 218.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0957 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.113 212)
XYZ	xyz(40.1571, 52.1735, 82.8017)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CFE6 #E66A53

analogous

#53E6B4 #53CFE6 #5386E6

triadic

#53CFE6 #E653CF #CFE653

tetradic

#53CFE6 #B453E6 #E66A53 #86E653

square

#53CFE6 #B453E6 #E66A53 #86E653

split-complementary

#53CFE6 #E65386 #E6B453

monochromatic

#1890A6 #20BEDC #53CFE6 #88DEEE #BEEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#53CFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#53CFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CFE6

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CFE6	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cfe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 207, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.113 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93deee',
    500: '#53cfe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cfe6;
$custom-light: #93deee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cfe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.388,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79435,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.52178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CFE6

secondary

#A84735

accent

#2E0FD7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CFE6

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

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