#53D4E0#53D4E0

#53D4E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.113 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4E0
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 224)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -31.49, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 35.52, 207.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1031 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.113 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5596, 54.3034, 78.8506)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4E0 #E05F53

analogous

#53E0A5 #53D4E0 #538EE0

triadic

#53D4E0 #E053D4 #D4E053

tetradic

#53D4E0 #A553E0 #E05F53 #8EE053

square

#53D4E0 #A553E0 #E05F53 #8EE053

split-complementary

#53D4E0 #E0538E #E0A553

monochromatic

#1C919C #26C2D0 #53D4E0 #87E1E9 #BBEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#53D4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#53D4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4E0

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4E0	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.113 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e9',
    500: '#53d4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4e0;
$custom-light: #93e1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.106,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8038,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4E0

secondary

#A04037

accent

#2414D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4E0

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

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