#53D2E2#53D2E2

#53D2E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.112 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2E2
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 226)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 7.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -29.96, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 35.10, 211.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.1003 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.112 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3355, 53.4188, 80.1219)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2E2 #E26353

analogous

#53E2AA #53D2E2 #538BE2

triadic

#53D2E2 #E253D2 #D2E253

tetradic

#53D2E2 #AA53E2 #E26353 #8BE253

square

#53D2E2 #AA53E2 #E26353 #8BE253

split-complementary

#53D2E2 #E2538B #E2AA53

monochromatic

#1B91A0 #24C0D4 #53D2E2 #87E0EB #BCEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#53D2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#53D2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2E2

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2E2	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.112 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e0eb',
    500: '#53d2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2e2;
$custom-light: #93e0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.713,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79985,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2E2

secondary

#A34337

accent

#2812D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2E2

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

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