#53D6E7#53D6E7

#53D6E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.115 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6E7
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 231)
HSL	hsl(187, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -30.45, -18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 35.87, 211.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.1023 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.115 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0315, 55.6971, 84.1213)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6E7 #E76453

analogous

#53E7AE #53D6E7 #538CE7

triadic

#53D6E7 #E753D6 #D6E753

tetradic

#53D6E7 #AE53E7 #E76453 #8CE753

square

#53D6E7 #AE53E7 #E76453 #8CE753

split-complementary

#53D6E7 #E7538C #E7AE53

monochromatic

#1798A8 #1FC8DE #53D6E7 #89E3EE #BEF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#53D6E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#53D6E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6E7

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6E7	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.115 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3ee',
    500: '#53d6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6e7;
$custom-light: #94e3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.892,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81102,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6E7

secondary

#AA4234

accent

#250ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6E7

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

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