#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
RGBrgb(83, 210, 224)
HSLhsl(186, 69%, 60%)
HSVhsv(186, 63%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.06, -30.53, -17.31)
CIE-LCHlch(78.06, 35.10, 209.55°)
OKLaboklab(79.91% -0.1011 -0.048)
OKLCHoklch(79.91% 0.112 205.4)
XYZxyz(40.0627, 53.3097, 78.6850)
Luminance0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##53D2E01.001.8011.6611.66
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6621.001.001.00
##00000011.6621.001.001.00

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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#53D2E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva