#53D4E5#53D4E5

#53D4E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.114 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4E5
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -30.06, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 35.49, 212.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.1011 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.114 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2476, 54.5786, 82.4745)
Luminance	0.5458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4E5 #E56453

analogous

#53E5AD #53D4E5 #538BE5

triadic

#53D4E5 #E553D4 #D4E553

tetradic

#53D4E5 #AD53E5 #E56453 #8BE553

square

#53D4E5 #AD53E5 #E56453 #8BE553

split-complementary

#53D4E5 #E5538B #E5AD53

monochromatic

#1994A5 #21C4DA #53D4E5 #88E1ED #BDEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#53D4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4E5

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4E5	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.114 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1ed',
    500: '#53d4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4e5;
$custom-light: #93e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.986,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80562,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4E5

secondary

#A74335

accent

#2710D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4E5

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

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