#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
RGBrgb(83, 213, 233)
HSLhsl(188, 77%, 62%)
HSVhsv(188, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(64.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(79.22, -29.39, -20.37)
CIE-LCHlch(79.22, 35.76, 214.73°)
OKLaboklab(80.94% -0.1005 -0.0565)
OKLCHoklch(80.94% 0.115 209.4)
XYZxyz(42.0633, 55.3061, 85.5333)
Luminance0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##53D5E91.001.7412.0612.06
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0621.001.001.00
##00000012.0621.001.001.00

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

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#53D5E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva