#53D1E5#53D1E5

#53D1E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.113 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D1E5
RGB	rgb(83, 209, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 8.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -28.61, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 35.01, 215.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0981 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.113 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5047, 53.0927, 82.2268)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D1E5 #E56753

analogous

#53E5B0 #53D1E5 #5388E5

triadic

#53D1E5 #E553D1 #D1E553

tetradic

#53D1E5 #B053E5 #E56753 #88E553

square

#53D1E5 #B053E5 #E56753 #88E553

split-complementary

#53D1E5 #E55388 #E5B053

monochromatic

#1992A5 #21C1DA #53D1E5 #88DFED #BDEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#53D1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#53D1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D1E5

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D1E5	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 209, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.113 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dfed',
    500: '#53d1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d1e5;
$custom-light: #93dfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.219,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79863,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D1E5

secondary

#A74535

accent

#2B10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D1E5

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

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