#53D3E4#53D3E4

#53D3E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.113 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3E4
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 7.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -29.87, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 35.30, 212.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.1005 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.113 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8592, 54.0245, 81.6582)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3E4 #E46453

analogous

#53E4AC #53D3E4 #538BE4

triadic

#53D3E4 #E453D3 #D3E453

tetradic

#53D3E4 #AC53E4 #E46453 #8BE453

square

#53D3E4 #AC53E4 #E46453 #8BE453

split-complementary

#53D3E4 #E4538B #E4AC53

monochromatic

#1A93A3 #22C3D8 #53D3E4 #88E1EC #BDEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#53D3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#53D3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3E4

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3E4	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.113 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1ec',
    500: '#53d3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3e4;
$custom-light: #93e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.034,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80292,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3E4

secondary

#A54336

accent

#2811D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3E4

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

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