#53D4E9#53D4E9

#53D4E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.115 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4E9
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(188, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -28.90, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 35.62, 215.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0995 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.115 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8126, 54.8046, 85.4497)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4E9 #E96853

analogous

#53E9B3 #53D4E9 #5389E9

triadic

#53D4E9 #E953D4 #D4E953

tetradic

#53D4E9 #B353E9 #E96853 #89E953

square

#53D4E9 #B353E9 #E96853 #89E953

split-complementary

#53D4E9 #E95389 #E9B353

monochromatic

#1697AC #1DC6E2 #53D4E9 #89E2F0 #C0EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#53D4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4E9

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4E9	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.115 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1f0',
    500: '#53d4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4e9;
$custom-light: #94e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8071,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4E9

secondary

#AD4433

accent

#290CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4E9

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

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