#53D5EC#53D5EC

#53D5EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.116 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5EC
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 236)
HSL	hsl(189, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -28.52, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 35.91, 217.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0994 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.116 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4955, 55.4790, 87.8095)
Luminance	0.5548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5EC #EC6A53

analogous

#53ECB7 #53D5EC #5388EC

triadic

#53D5EC #EC53D5 #D5EC53

tetradic

#53D5EC #B753EC #EC6A53 #88EC53

square

#53D5EC #B753EC #EC6A53 #88EC53

split-complementary

#53D5EC #EC5388 #ECB753

monochromatic

#1499B1 #1CC8E6 #53D5EC #8AE2F2 #C1F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#53D5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#53D5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5EC

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5EC	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.116 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2f2',
    500: '#53d5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5ec;
$custom-light: #94e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.02,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81056,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5EC

secondary

#B14532

accent

#2909DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5EC

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

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