#53D0E5#53D0E5

#53D0E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.113 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D0E5
RGB	rgb(83, 208, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 9.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -28.12, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 34.87, 216.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0971 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.113 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2601, 52.6035, 82.1453)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D0E5 #E56853

analogous

#53E5B1 #53D0E5 #5387E5

triadic

#53D0E5 #E553D0 #D0E553

tetradic

#53D0E5 #B153E5 #E56853 #87E553

square

#53D0E5 #B153E5 #E56853 #87E553

split-complementary

#53D0E5 #E55387 #E5B153

monochromatic

#1991A5 #21BFDA #53D0E5 #88DFED #BDEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#53D0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#53D0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D0E5

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D0E5	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 208, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.113 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93deed',
    500: '#53d0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d0e5;
$custom-light: #93deed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.63,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7963,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D0E5

secondary

#A74635

accent

#2C10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D0E5

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

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