#53D3EC#53D3EC

#53D3EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.116 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3EC
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 236)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -27.54, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 35.69, 219.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0974 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.116 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9956, 54.4791, 87.6429)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3EC #EC6C53

analogous

#53ECB9 #53D3EC #5386EC

triadic

#53D3EC #EC53D3 #D3EC53

tetradic

#53D3EC #B953EC #EC6C53 #86EC53

square

#53D3EC #B953EC #EC6C53 #86EC53

split-complementary

#53D3EC #EC5386 #ECB953

monochromatic

#1497B1 #1CC5E6 #53D3EC #8AE1F2 #C1EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#53D3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#53D3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3EC

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3EC	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.116 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0f2',
    500: '#53d3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3ec;
$custom-light: #94e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.804,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80592,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3EC

secondary

#B14732

accent

#2C09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3EC

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

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