#53D5E7#53D5E7

#53D5E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.115 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5E7
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 231)
HSL	hsl(187, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 7.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -29.97, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 35.70, 212.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.1013 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.115 208)
XYZ	xyz(41.7792, 55.1925, 84.0372)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5E7 #E76553

analogous

#53E7AF #53D5E7 #538BE7

triadic

#53D5E7 #E753D5 #D5E753

tetradic

#53D5E7 #AF53E7 #E76553 #8BE753

square

#53D5E7 #AF53E7 #E76553 #8BE753

split-complementary

#53D5E7 #E7538B #E7AF53

monochromatic

#1797A8 #1FC7DE #53D5E7 #89E2EE #BEEFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#53D5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#53D5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5E7

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5E7	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.115 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2ee',
    500: '#53d5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5e7;
$custom-light: #94e2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.297,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80869,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.55197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5E7

secondary

#AA4334

accent

#260ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5E7

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

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