#53D3E8#53D3E8

#53D3E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.115 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3E8
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 232)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 9.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -28.71, -20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 35.43, 215.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0989 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.115 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4209, 54.2492, 84.6165)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3E8 #E86853

analogous

#53E8B2 #53D3E8 #5389E8

triadic

#53D3E8 #E853D3 #D3E853

tetradic

#53D3E8 #B253E8 #E86853 #89E853

square

#53D3E8 #B253E8 #E86853 #89E853

split-complementary

#53D3E8 #E85389 #E8B253

monochromatic

#1795AA #1EC5E0 #53D3E8 #89E1EF #BFEFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#53D3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#53D3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3E8

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3E8	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CCE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.115 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0ef',
    500: '#53d3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3e8;
$custom-light: #94e0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.456,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8044,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3E8

secondary

#AB4534

accent

#2A0DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3E8

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

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