#53D5E5#53D5E5

#53D5E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.114 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53D5E5
RGBrgb(83, 213, 229)
HSLhsl(187, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(187, 64%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(63.8%, 7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(79.09, -30.54, -18.43)
CIE-LCHlch(79.09, 35.67, 211.11°)
OKLaboklab(80.79% -0.1021 -0.0511)
OKLCHoklch(80.79% 0.114 206.6)
XYZxyz(41.4984, 55.0801, 82.5580)
Luminance0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53D5E5 #E56353
analogous
#53E5AC #53D5E5 #538CE5
triadic
#53D5E5 #E553D5 #D5E553
tetradic
#53D5E5 #AC53E5 #E56353 #8CE553
square
#53D5E5 #AC53E5 #E56353 #8CE553
split-complementary
#53D5E5 #E5538C #E5AC53
monochromatic
#1995A5 #21C6DA #53D5E5 #88E2ED #BDEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75
#53D5E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02
#53D5E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5E5
12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53D5E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53D5E51.001.7512.0212.02
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0221.001.001.00
##00000012.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4CDE6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEBDE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DEDA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53d5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.114 206.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2ed',
    500: '#53d5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53d5e5;
$custom-light: #93e2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53d5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.575,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80795,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53D5E5
secondary
#A74235
accent
#2510D6
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFD
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5E5

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

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#53D5E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva