#53D4E3#53D4E3

#53D4E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.113 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4E3
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 227)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 6.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -30.64, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 35.48, 210.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.1019 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.113 206)
XYZ	xyz(40.9700, 54.4676, 81.0123)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4E3 #E36253

analogous

#53E3AA #53D4E3 #538CE3

triadic

#53D4E3 #E353D4 #D4E353

tetradic

#53D4E3 #AA53E3 #E36253 #8CE353

square

#53D4E3 #AA53E3 #E36253 #8CE353

split-complementary

#53D4E3 #E3538C #E3AA53

monochromatic

#1A93A1 #23C3D6 #53D4E3 #88E1EC #BCEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#53D4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#53D4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4E3

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4E3	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.113 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1eb',
    500: '#53d4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4e3;
$custom-light: #93e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80489,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.54472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4E3

secondary

#A44236

accent

#2611D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4E3

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

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