#53D2E5#53D2E5

#53D2E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.113 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53D2E5
RGBrgb(83, 210, 229)
HSLhsl(188, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(188, 64%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(63.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.22, -29.09, -19.74)
CIE-LCHlch(78.22, 35.16, 214.16°)
OKLaboklab(80.1% -0.0991 -0.0548)
OKLCHoklch(80.1% 0.113 208.9)
XYZxyz(40.7508, 53.5849, 82.3088)
Luminance0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53D2E5 #E56653
analogous
#53E5AF #53D2E5 #5389E5
triadic
#53D2E5 #E553D2 #D2E553
tetradic
#53D2E5 #AF53E5 #E56653 #89E553
square
#53D2E5 #AF53E5 #E56653 #89E553
split-complementary
#53D2E5 #E55389 #E5AF53
monochromatic
#1993A5 #21C2DA #53D2E5 #88E0ED #BDEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#53D2E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72
#53D2E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2E5
11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53D2E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53D2E51.001.7911.7211.72
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7221.001.001.00
##00000011.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1CBE6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABBBE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBD8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53d2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.113 208.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e0ed',
    500: '#53d2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53d2e5;
$custom-light: #93e0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53d2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.808,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80096,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53D2E5
secondary
#A74435
accent
#2910D6
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFD
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2E5

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#53D2E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva