#53D3E0#53D3E0

#53D3E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.112 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3E0
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 224)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -31.01, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 35.30, 208.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.1021 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.112 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3104, 53.8050, 78.7675)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3E0 #E06053

analogous

#53E0A7 #53D3E0 #538CE0

triadic

#53D3E0 #E053D3 #D3E053

tetradic

#53D3E0 #A753E0 #E06053 #8CE053

square

#53D3E0 #A753E0 #E06053 #8CE053

split-complementary

#53D3E0 #E0538C #E0A753

monochromatic

#1C919C #26C1D0 #53D3E0 #87E0E9 #BBEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#53D3E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#53D3E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3E0

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3E0	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CBE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBBE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.112 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e9',
    500: '#53d3e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3e0;
$custom-light: #93e1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.532,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80146,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3E0

secondary

#A04137

accent

#2614D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3E0

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

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