#53D2E0#53D2E0

#53D2E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.112 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2E0
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 224)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -30.53, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 35.10, 209.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.1011 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.112 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0627, 53.3097, 78.6850)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2E0 #E06153

analogous

#53E0A7 #53D2E0 #538CE0

triadic

#53D2E0 #E053D2 #D2E053

tetradic

#53D2E0 #A753E0 #E06153 #8CE053

square

#53D2E0 #A753E0 #E06153 #8CE053

split-complementary

#53D2E0 #E0538C #E0A753

monochromatic

#1C909C #26BFD0 #53D2E0 #87E0E9 #BBEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#53D2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#53D2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2E0

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2E0	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.112 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e0e9',
    500: '#53d2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2e0;
$custom-light: #93e0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.957,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79912,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2E0

secondary

#A04237

accent

#2714D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2E0

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

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