#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
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -29.09, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 35.16, 214.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0991 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.113 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7508, 53.5849, 82.3088)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##53D2E5	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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