#53D6EF#53D6EF

#53D6EF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.118 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6EF
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -28.13, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 36.23, 219.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0992 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.118 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1873, 56.1594, 90.2084)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6EF #EF6C53

analogous

#53EFBA #53D6EF #5388EF

triadic

#53D6EF #EF53D6 #D6EF53

tetradic

#53D6EF #BA53EF #EF6C53 #88EF53

square

#53D6EF #BA53EF #EF6C53 #88EF53

split-complementary

#53D6EF #EF5388 #EFBA53

monochromatic

#119CB7 #1BC9EA #53D6EF #8BE3F4 #C3F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#53D6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6EF

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6EF	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.118 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f4',
    500: '#53d6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6ef;
$custom-light: #95e3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.615,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81401,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6EF

secondary

#B64630

accent

#2906DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6EF

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

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