#53D5E2#53D5E2

#53D5E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.114 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5E2
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 226)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -31.40, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 35.69, 208.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.1033 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.114 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0831, 54.9140, 80.3711)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5E2 #E26053

analogous

#53E2A8 #53D5E2 #538DE2

triadic

#53D5E2 #E253D5 #D5E253

tetradic

#53D5E2 #A853E2 #E26053 #8DE253

square

#53D5E2 #A853E2 #E26053 #8DE253

split-complementary

#53D5E2 #E2538D #E2A853

monochromatic

#1B94A0 #24C4D4 #53D5E2 #87E2EB #BCEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#53D5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#53D5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5E2

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5E2	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CDE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.114 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2eb',
    500: '#53d5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5e2;
$custom-light: #93e2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80686,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5E2

secondary

#A34037

accent

#2412D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5E2

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

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