#53D0E3#53D0E3

#53D0E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.112 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D0E3
RGB	rgb(83, 208, 227)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -28.70, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 34.78, 214.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0979 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.112 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9825, 52.4925, 80.6831)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D0E3 #E36653

analogous

#53E3AE #53D0E3 #5388E3

triadic

#53D0E3 #E353D0 #D0E353

tetradic

#53D0E3 #AE53E3 #E36653 #88E353

square

#53D0E3 #AE53E3 #E36653 #88E353

split-complementary

#53D0E3 #E35388 #E3AE53

monochromatic

#1A90A1 #23BED6 #53D0E3 #88DEEC #BCEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#53D0E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#53D0E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D0E3

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D0E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D0E3	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d0e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 208, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.112 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93deeb',
    500: '#53d0e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d0e3;
$custom-light: #93deeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d0e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.917,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79555,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D0E3

secondary

#A44536

accent

#2B11D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D0E3

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

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