#53D0E8#53D0E8

#53D0E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.114 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D0E8
RGB	rgb(83, 208, 232)
HSL	hsl(190, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -27.24, -22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 35.06, 219.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0959 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.114 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6826, 52.7725, 84.3704)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D0E8 #E86B53

analogous

#53E8B5 #53D0E8 #5386E8

triadic

#53D0E8 #E853D0 #D0E853

tetradic

#53D0E8 #B553E8 #E86B53 #86E853

square

#53D0E8 #B553E8 #E86B53 #86E853

split-complementary

#53D0E8 #E85386 #E8B553

monochromatic

#1792AA #1EC1E0 #53D0E8 #89DFEF #BFEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#53D0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#53D0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D0E8

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D0E8	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 208, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.114 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93deef',
    500: '#53d0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d0e8;
$custom-light: #93deef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.664,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79743,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D0E8

secondary

#AB4734

accent

#2E0DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D0E8

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

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