#53D7E2#53D7E2

#53D7E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.114 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D7E2
RGB	rgb(83, 215, 226)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 4.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -32.36, -16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 36.14, 206.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.1054 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.114 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5893, 55.9263, 80.5398)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D7E2 #E25E53

analogous

#53E2A5 #53D7E2 #5390E2

triadic

#53D7E2 #E253D7 #D7E253

tetradic

#53D7E2 #A553E2 #E25E53 #90E253

square

#53D7E2 #A553E2 #E25E53 #90E253

split-complementary

#53D7E2 #E25390 #E2A553

monochromatic

#1B95A0 #24C6D4 #53D7E2 #87E3EB #BCEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D7E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#53D7E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D7E2

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D7E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D7E2	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)

#C7CEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d7e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 215, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.114 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e3eb',
    500: '#53d7e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d7e2;
$custom-light: #93e3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d7e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81155,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D7E2

secondary

#A33F37

accent

#2112D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D7E2

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

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