#53D5E9#53D5E9

#53D5E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.115 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5E9
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 233)
HSL	hsl(188, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -29.39, -20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 35.76, 214.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.1005 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.115 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0633, 55.3061, 85.5333)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5E9 #E96753

analogous

#53E9B2 #53D5E9 #538AE9

triadic

#53D5E9 #E953D5 #D5E953

tetradic

#53D5E9 #B253E9 #E96753 #8AE953

square

#53D5E9 #B253E9 #E96753 #8AE953

split-complementary

#53D5E9 #E9538A #E9B253

monochromatic

#1698AC #1DC8E2 #53D5E9 #89E2F0 #C0EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#53D5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#53D5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5E9

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5E9	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.115 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2f0',
    500: '#53d5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5e9;
$custom-light: #94e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80943,
    "c": 0.11535,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5E9

secondary

#AD4433

accent

#270CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5E9

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

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