#53D4E2#53D4E2

#53D4E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.113 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4E2
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -30.92, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 35.48, 209.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.1023 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.113 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8324, 54.4125, 80.2875)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4E2 #E26153

analogous

#53E2A8 #53D4E2 #538CE2

triadic

#53D4E2 #E253D4 #D4E253

tetradic

#53D4E2 #A853E2 #E26153 #8CE253

square

#53D4E2 #A853E2 #E26153 #8CE253

split-complementary

#53D4E2 #E2538C #E2A853

monochromatic

#1B93A0 #24C3D4 #53D4E2 #87E1EB #BCEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#53D4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#53D4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4E2

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4E2	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.113 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1eb',
    500: '#53d4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4e2;
$custom-light: #93e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.874,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80452,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4E2

secondary

#A34137

accent

#2512D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4E2

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

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