#53D4E7#53D4E7

#53D4E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.114 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4E7
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 231)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -29.48, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 35.54, 213.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.1003 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.114 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5285, 54.6910, 83.9536)
Luminance	0.5470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4E7 #E76653

analogous

#53E7B0 #53D4E7 #538AE7

triadic

#53D4E7 #E753D4 #D4E753

tetradic

#53D4E7 #B053E7 #E76653 #8AE753

square

#53D4E7 #B053E7 #E76653 #8AE753

split-complementary

#53D4E7 #E7538A #E7B053

monochromatic

#1796A8 #1FC5DE #53D4E7 #89E1EE #BEEFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#53D4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4E7

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4E7	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CCE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.114 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1ee',
    500: '#53d4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4e7;
$custom-light: #94e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.703,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80636,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4E7

secondary

#AA4334

accent

#280ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4E7

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

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