#53D7E5#53D7E5

#53D7E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.115 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D7E5
RGB	rgb(83, 215, 229)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 6.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -31.50, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 36.07, 209.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.1042 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.115 205)
XYZ	xyz(42.0045, 56.0924, 82.7268)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D7E5 #E56153

analogous

#53E5AA #53D7E5 #538EE5

triadic

#53D7E5 #E553D7 #D7E553

tetradic

#53D7E5 #AA53E5 #E56153 #8EE553

square

#53D7E5 #AA53E5 #E56153 #8EE553

split-complementary

#53D7E5 #E5538E #E5AA53

monochromatic

#1997A5 #21C8DA #53D7E5 #88E3ED #BDF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D7E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#53D7E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D7E5

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D7E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D7E5	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)

#C7CFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d7e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 215, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.115 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3ed',
    500: '#53d7e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d7e5;
$custom-light: #94e3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d7e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.753,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81262,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.56097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D7E5

secondary

#A74035

accent

#2310D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D7E5

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

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