#53D7E3#53D7E3

#53D7E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.115 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D7E3
RGB	rgb(83, 215, 227)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 5.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -32.07, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 36.11, 207.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.105 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.115 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7269, 55.9814, 81.2646)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D7E3 #E35F53

analogous

#53E3A7 #53D7E3 #538FE3

triadic

#53D7E3 #E353D7 #D7E353

tetradic

#53D7E3 #A753E3 #E35F53 #8FE353

square

#53D7E3 #A753E3 #E35F53 #8FE353

split-complementary

#53D7E3 #E3538F #E3A753

monochromatic

#1A96A1 #23C7D6 #53D7E3 #88E3EC #BCEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D7E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#53D7E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D7E3

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D7E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D7E3	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d7e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 215, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.115 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e3eb',
    500: '#53d7e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d7e3;
$custom-light: #93e3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d7e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8119,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D7E3

secondary

#A43F36

accent

#2211D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D7E3

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

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