#53D6E2#53D6E2

#53D6E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.114 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6E2
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 226)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -31.88, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 35.91, 207.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.1044 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.114 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3354, 55.4186, 80.4552)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6E2 #E25F53

analogous

#53E2A6 #53D6E2 #538EE2

triadic

#53D6E2 #E253D6 #D6E253

tetradic

#53D6E2 #A653E2 #E25F53 #8EE253

square

#53D6E2 #A653E2 #E25F53 #8EE253

split-complementary

#53D6E2 #E2538E #E2A653

monochromatic

#1B95A0 #24C5D4 #53D6E2 #87E2EB #BCEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#53D6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#53D6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6E2

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6E2	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.114 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e3eb',
    500: '#53d6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6e2;
$custom-light: #93e3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.035,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8092,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6E2

secondary

#A34037

accent

#2312D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6E2

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

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