#53D3E3#53D3E3

#53D3E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.113 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3E3
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 227)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -30.15, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 35.29, 211.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.1009 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.113 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7208, 53.9692, 80.9292)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3E3 #E36353

analogous

#53E3AB #53D3E3 #538BE3

triadic

#53D3E3 #E353D3 #D3E353

tetradic

#53D3E3 #AB53E3 #E36353 #8BE353

square

#53D3E3 #AB53E3 #E36353 #8BE353

split-complementary

#53D3E3 #E3538B #E3AB53

monochromatic

#1A92A1 #23C2D6 #53D3E3 #88E0EC #BCEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#53D3E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#53D3E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3E3

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3E3	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)

#C2CBE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.113 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1eb',
    500: '#53d3e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3e3;
$custom-light: #93e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80255,
    "c": 0.11301,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3E3

secondary

#A44236

accent

#2711D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3E3

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

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