#53D6EE#53D6EE

#53D6EE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.117 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6EE
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 238)
HSL	hsl(189, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -28.42, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 36.16, 218.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0996 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.117 212)
XYZ	xyz(43.0400, 56.1005, 89.4325)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6EE #EE6B53

analogous

#53EEB8 #53D6EE #5389EE

triadic

#53D6EE #EE53D6 #D6EE53

tetradic

#53D6EE #B853EE #EE6B53 #89EE53

square

#53D6EE #B853EE #EE6B53 #89EE53

split-complementary

#53D6EE #EE5389 #EEB853

monochromatic

#129CB5 #1BC9E8 #53D6EE #8BE3F4 #C2F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#53D6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6EE

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6EE	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.117 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3f3',
    500: '#53d6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6ee;
$custom-light: #94e3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.29,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81363,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.56105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6EE

secondary

#B44531

accent

#2807DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6EE

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

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