#53D4E4#53D4E4

#53D4E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.114 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4E4
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -30.35, -18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 35.48, 211.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.1015 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.114 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1084, 54.5229, 81.7412)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4E4 #E46353

analogous

#53E4AB #53D4E4 #538BE4

triadic

#53D4E4 #E453D4 #D4E453

tetradic

#53D4E4 #AB53E4 #E46353 #8BE453

square

#53D4E4 #AB53E4 #E46353 #8BE453

split-complementary

#53D4E4 #E4538B #E4AB53

monochromatic

#1A94A3 #22C4D8 #53D4E4 #88E1EC #BDEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#53D4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4E4

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4E4	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.114 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1ec',
    500: '#53d4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4e4;
$custom-light: #93e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.621,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80525,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4E4

secondary

#A54236

accent

#2611D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4E4

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

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