#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
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -30.54, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 35.67, 211.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.1021 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.114 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4984, 55.0801, 82.5580)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##53D5E5	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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