#53D2EB#53D2EB

#53D2EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.115 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2EB
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 235)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -27.34, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 35.51, 219.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0967 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.115 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6030, 53.9258, 86.7973)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2EB #EB6C53

analogous

#53EBB8 #53D2EB #5386EB

triadic

#53D2EB #EB53D2 #D2EB53

tetradic

#53D2EB #B853EB #EB6C53 #86EB53

square

#53D2EB #B853EB #EB6C53 #86EB53

split-complementary

#53D2EB #EB5386 #EBB853

monochromatic

#1496AF #1CC4E5 #53D2EB #8AE0F1 #C1EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#53D2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#53D2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2EB

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2EB	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.115 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0f1',
    500: '#53d2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2eb;
$custom-light: #94e0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.868,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80322,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2EB

secondary

#B04732

accent

#2C0ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2EB

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

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