#53D5E0#53D5E0

#53D5E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.113 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5E0
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 224)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -31.97, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 35.75, 206.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.1042 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.113 203)
XYZ	xyz(40.8103, 54.8049, 78.9342)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5E0 #E05E53

analogous

#53E0A5 #53D5E0 #538EE0

triadic

#53D5E0 #E053D5 #D5E053

tetradic

#53D5E0 #A553E0 #E05E53 #8EE053

square

#53D5E0 #A553E0 #E05E53 #8EE053

split-complementary

#53D5E0 #E0538E #E0A553

monochromatic

#1C929C #26C3D0 #53D5E0 #87E2E9 #BBEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D5E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#53D5E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5E0

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5E0	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)

#C5CCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.113 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2e9',
    500: '#53d5e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5e0;
$custom-light: #93e2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.681,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80615,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.54809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5E0

secondary

#A03F37

accent

#2314D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5E0

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

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