#53D6EB#53D6EB

#53D6EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.116 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6EB
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 235)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -29.29, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 35.99, 215.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.1008 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.116 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6029, 55.9256, 87.1306)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6EB #EB6853

analogous

#53EBB4 #53D6EB #538AEB

triadic

#53D6EB #EB53D6 #D6EB53

tetradic

#53D6EB #B453EB #EB6853 #8AEB53

square

#53D6EB #B453EB #EB6853 #8AEB53

split-complementary

#53D6EB #EB538A #EBB453

monochromatic

#149AAF #1CC9E5 #53D6EB #8AE3F1 #C1F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#53D6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6EB

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6EB	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.116 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3f1',
    500: '#53d6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6eb;
$custom-light: #94e3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.289,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8125,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6EB

secondary

#B04432

accent

#270ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6EB

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

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