#53D5EB#53D5EB

#53D5EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.116 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5EB
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -28.81, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 35.85, 216.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0998 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.116 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3506, 55.4210, 87.0465)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5EB #EB6953

analogous

#53EBB5 #53D5EB #5389EB

triadic

#53D5EB #EB53D5 #D5EB53

tetradic

#53D5EB #B553EB #EB6953 #89EB53

square

#53D5EB #B553EB #EB6953 #89EB53

split-complementary

#53D5EB #EB5389 #EBB553

monochromatic

#1499AF #1CC8E5 #53D5EB #8AE2F1 #C1F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#53D5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#53D5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5EB

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5EB	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.116 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2f1',
    500: '#53d5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5eb;
$custom-light: #94e2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.684,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81018,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5EB

secondary

#B04532

accent

#280ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5EB

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

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