#53D4E8#53D4E8

#53D4E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.115 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4E8
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 232)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -29.19, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 35.57, 214.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0999 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.115 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6701, 54.7476, 84.6995)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4E8 #E86753

analogous

#53E8B2 #53D4E8 #538AE8

triadic

#53D4E8 #E853D4 #D4E853

tetradic

#53D4E8 #B253E8 #E86753 #8AE853

square

#53D4E8 #B253E8 #E86753 #8AE853

split-complementary

#53D4E8 #E8538A #E8B253

monochromatic

#1796AA #1EC6E0 #53D4E8 #89E1EF #BFEFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#53D4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4E8

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4E8	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.115 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1ef',
    500: '#53d4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4e8;
$custom-light: #94e1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.054,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80673,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4E8

secondary

#AB4434

accent

#280DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4E8

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

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