#53D6E6#53D6E6

#53D6E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.115 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6E6
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 230)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -30.74, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 35.86, 211.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.1027 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.115 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8907, 55.6407, 83.3796)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6E6 #E66353

analogous

#53E6AD #53D6E6 #538DE6

triadic

#53D6E6 #E653D6 #D6E653

tetradic

#53D6E6 #AD53E6 #E66353 #8DE653

square

#53D6E6 #AD53E6 #E66353 #8DE653

split-complementary

#53D6E6 #E6538D #E6AD53

monochromatic

#1897A6 #20C7DC #53D6E6 #88E3EE #BEEFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#53D6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#53D6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6E6

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6E6	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.115 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3ed',
    500: '#53d6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6e6;
$custom-light: #94e3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.531,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81065,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6E6

secondary

#A84135

accent

#250FD7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6E6

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

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