#53D5E8#53D5E8

#53D5E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.115 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5E8
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 232)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -29.68, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 35.73, 213.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.1009 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.115 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9209, 55.2491, 84.7831)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5E8 #E86653

analogous

#53E8B1 #53D5E8 #538BE8

triadic

#53D5E8 #E853D5 #D5E853

tetradic

#53D5E8 #B153E8 #E86653 #8BE853

square

#53D5E8 #B153E8 #E86653 #8BE853

split-complementary

#53D5E8 #E8538B #E8B153

monochromatic

#1797AA #1EC7E0 #53D5E8 #89E2EF #BFEFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#53D5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#53D5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5E8

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5E8	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.115 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2ef',
    500: '#53d5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5e8;
$custom-light: #94e2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.651,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80906,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5E8

secondary

#AB4334

accent

#270DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5E8

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

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