#53D5ED#53D5ED

#53D5ED is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.117 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5ED
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 237)
HSL	hsl(189, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 10.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -28.22, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 35.97, 218.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.099 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.117 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6412, 55.5373, 88.5768)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5ED #ED6B53

analogous

#53EDB8 #53D5ED #5388ED

triadic

#53D5ED #ED53D5 #D5ED53

tetradic

#53D5ED #B853ED #ED6B53 #88ED53

square

#53D5ED #B853ED #ED6B53 #88ED53

split-complementary

#53D5ED #ED5388 #EDB853

monochromatic

#139AB3 #1CC7E7 #53D5ED #8AE3F3 #C2F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#53D5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#53D5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5ED

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5ED	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.117 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2f2',
    500: '#53d5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5ed;
$custom-light: #94e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.351,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81093,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5ED

secondary

#B34631

accent

#2908DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5ED

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

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