#53D5E4#53D5E4

#53D5E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.114 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5E4
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 228)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -30.83, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 35.67, 210.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.1025 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.114 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3592, 55.0244, 81.8248)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5E4 #E46253

analogous

#53E4AA #53D5E4 #538CE4

triadic

#53D5E4 #E453D5 #D5E453

tetradic

#53D5E4 #AA53E4 #E46253 #8CE453

square

#53D5E4 #AA53E4 #E46253 #8CE453

split-complementary

#53D5E4 #E4538C #E4AA53

monochromatic

#1A95A3 #22C5D8 #53D5E4 #88E2EC #BDEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#53D5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#53D5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5E4

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5E4	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.114 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2ec',
    500: '#53d5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5e4;
$custom-light: #93e2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80759,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5E4

secondary

#A54136

accent

#2511D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5E4

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

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