#53D4E6#53D4E6

#53D4E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.114 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4E6
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 230)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -29.77, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 35.51, 213.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.1007 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.114 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3877, 54.6346, 83.2119)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4E6 #E66553

analogous

#53E6AF #53D4E6 #538BE6

triadic

#53D4E6 #E653D4 #D4E653

tetradic

#53D4E6 #AF53E6 #E66553 #8BE653

square

#53D4E6 #AF53E6 #E66553 #8BE653

split-complementary

#53D4E6 #E6538B #E6AF53

monochromatic

#1895A6 #20C5DC #53D4E6 #88E1EE #BEEFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#53D4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4E6

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4E6	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.114 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1ee',
    500: '#53d4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4e6;
$custom-light: #93e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80599,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4E6

secondary

#A84335

accent

#270FD7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4E6

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

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