#53D7E4#53D7E4

#53D7E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.115 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D7E4
RGB	rgb(83, 215, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 5.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -31.79, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 36.08, 208.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.1046 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.115 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8653, 56.0368, 81.9935)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D7E4 #E46053

analogous

#53E4A8 #53D7E4 #538EE4

triadic

#53D7E4 #E453D7 #D7E453

tetradic

#53D7E4 #A853E4 #E46053 #8EE453

square

#53D7E4 #A853E4 #E46053 #8EE453

split-complementary

#53D7E4 #E4538E #E4A853

monochromatic

#1A97A3 #22C8D8 #53D7E4 #88E3EC #BDF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#53D7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D7E4

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D7E4	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 215, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.115 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3ec',
    500: '#53d7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d7e4;
$custom-light: #94e3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.379,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81226,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D7E4

secondary

#A54036

accent

#2211D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D7E4

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

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