#53D6E8#53D6E8

#53D6E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.115 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6E8
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 232)
HSL	hsl(187, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -30.16, -19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 35.89, 212.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.1019 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.115 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1732, 55.7537, 84.8672)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6E8 #E86553

analogous

#53E8AF #53D6E8 #538CE8

triadic

#53D6E8 #E853D6 #D6E853

tetradic

#53D6E8 #AF53E8 #E86553 #8CE853

square

#53D6E8 #AF53E8 #E86553 #8CE853

split-complementary

#53D6E8 #E8538C #E8AF53

monochromatic

#1798AA #1EC8E0 #53D6E8 #89E3EF #BFF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#53D6E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#53D6E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6E8

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6E8	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.115 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3ef',
    500: '#53d6e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6e8;
$custom-light: #94e3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.248,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81139,
    "c": 0.11535,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6E8

secondary

#AB4234

accent

#250DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6E8

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

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