#53D1E8#53D1E8

#53D1E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.114 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D1E8
RGB	rgb(83, 209, 232)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 9.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -27.73, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 35.17, 217.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0969 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.114 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9272, 53.2617, 84.4519)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D1E8 #E86A53

analogous

#53E8B5 #53D1E8 #5387E8

triadic

#53D1E8 #E853D1 #D1E853

tetradic

#53D1E8 #B553E8 #E86A53 #87E853

square

#53D1E8 #B553E8 #E86A53 #87E853

split-complementary

#53D1E8 #E85387 #E8B553

monochromatic

#1793AA #1EC2E0 #53D1E8 #89DFEF #BFEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#53D1E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#53D1E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D1E8

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D1E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D1E8	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d1e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 209, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.114 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dfef',
    500: '#53d1e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d1e8;
$custom-light: #93dfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d1e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.262,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79976,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D1E8

secondary

#AB4634

accent

#2C0DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D1E8

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

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