#53D1E7#53D1E7

#53D1E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.114 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D1E7
RGB	rgb(83, 209, 231)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -28.02, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 35.11, 217.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0973 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.114 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7855, 53.2050, 83.7059)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D1E7 #E76953

analogous

#53E7B3 #53D1E7 #5387E7

triadic

#53D1E7 #E753D1 #D1E753

tetradic

#53D1E7 #B353E7 #E76953 #87E753

square

#53D1E7 #B353E7 #E76953 #87E753

split-complementary

#53D1E7 #E75387 #E7B353

monochromatic

#1793A8 #1FC1DE #53D1E7 #89DFEE #BEEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#53D1E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#53D1E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D1E7

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D1E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D1E7	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d1e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 209, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.114 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dfee',
    500: '#53d1e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d1e7;
$custom-light: #93dfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d1e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.919,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79938,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D1E7

secondary

#AA4634

accent

#2C0ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D1E7

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

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