#53D4EC#53D4EC

#53D4EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.116 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4EC
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 236)
HSL	hsl(189, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -28.03, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 35.79, 218.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0984 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.116 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2448, 54.9775, 87.7260)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4EC #EC6B53

analogous

#53ECB8 #53D4EC #5387EC

triadic

#53D4EC #EC53D4 #D4EC53

tetradic

#53D4EC #B853EC #EC6B53 #87EC53

square

#53D4EC #B853EC #EC6B53 #87EC53

split-complementary

#53D4EC #EC5387 #ECB853

monochromatic

#1498B1 #1CC6E6 #53D4EC #8AE2F2 #C1F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#53D4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#53D4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4EC

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4EC	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.116 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1f2',
    500: '#53d4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4ec;
$custom-light: #94e1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.412,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80824,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4EC

secondary

#B14632

accent

#2A09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4EC

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

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