#53D2E3#53D2E3

#53D2E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.113 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2E3
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 227)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 7.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -29.67, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 35.11, 212.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0999 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.113 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4731, 53.4739, 80.8466)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2E3 #E36453

analogous

#53E3AC #53D2E3 #538AE3

triadic

#53D2E3 #E353D2 #D2E353

tetradic

#53D2E3 #AC53E3 #E36453 #8AE353

square

#53D2E3 #AC53E3 #E36453 #8AE353

split-complementary

#53D2E3 #E3538A #E3AC53

monochromatic

#1A91A1 #23C1D6 #53D2E3 #88E0EC #BCEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#53D2E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#53D2E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2E3

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2E3	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBBE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.113 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e0eb',
    500: '#53d2e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2e3;
$custom-light: #93e0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.083,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80021,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2E3

secondary

#A44336

accent

#2811D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2E3

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

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