#53D2E8#53D2E8

#53D2E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.114 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2E8
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 232)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -28.22, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 35.30, 216.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0979 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.114 211)
XYZ	xyz(41.1733, 53.7539, 84.5339)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2E8 #E86953

analogous

#53E8B4 #53D2E8 #5388E8

triadic

#53D2E8 #E853D2 #D2E853

tetradic

#53D2E8 #B453E8 #E86953 #88E853

square

#53D2E8 #B453E8 #E86953 #88E853

split-complementary

#53D2E8 #E85388 #E8B453

monochromatic

#1794AA #1EC3E0 #53D2E8 #89E0EF #BFEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#53D2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#53D2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2E8

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2E8	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABBE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.114 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e0ef',
    500: '#53d2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2e8;
$custom-light: #93e0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.859,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80208,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.53758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2E8

secondary

#AB4634

accent

#2B0DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2E8

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

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