#53D2E4#53D2E4

#53D2E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.113 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2E4
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -29.38, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 35.13, 213.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0995 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.113 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6116, 53.5292, 81.5756)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2E4 #E46553

analogous

#53E4AD #53D2E4 #5389E4

triadic

#53D2E4 #E453D2 #D2E453

tetradic

#53D2E4 #AD53E4 #E46553 #89E453

square

#53D2E4 #AD53E4 #E46553 #89E453

split-complementary

#53D2E4 #E45389 #E4AD53

monochromatic

#1A92A3 #22C1D8 #53D2E4 #88E0EC #BDEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#53D2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#53D2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2E4

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2E4	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBBE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.113 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e0ec',
    500: '#53d2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2e4;
$custom-light: #93e0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.448,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80058,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2E4

secondary

#A54436

accent

#2911D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2E4

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

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