#53D6E5#53D6E5

#53D6E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.115 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6E5
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 229)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -31.02, -17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 35.86, 210.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.1031 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.115 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7507, 55.5847, 82.6421)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6E5 #E56253

analogous

#53E5AB #53D6E5 #538DE5

triadic

#53D6E5 #E553D6 #D6E553

tetradic

#53D6E5 #AB53E5 #E56253 #8DE553

square

#53D6E5 #AB53E5 #E56253 #8DE553

split-complementary

#53D6E5 #E5538D #E5AB53

monochromatic

#1996A5 #21C7DA #53D6E5 #88E3ED #BDEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#53D6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#53D6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6E5

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6E5	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.115 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3ed',
    500: '#53d6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6e5;
$custom-light: #94e3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.164,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81029,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6E5

secondary

#A74135

accent

#2410D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6E5

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

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