#53D7E6#53D7E6

#53D7E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.115 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D7E6
RGB	rgb(83, 215, 230)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -31.22, -18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 36.06, 210.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.1037 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.115 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1446, 56.1485, 83.4642)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D7E6 #E66253

analogous

#53E6AB #53D7E6 #538EE6

triadic

#53D7E6 #E653D7 #D7E653

tetradic

#53D7E6 #AB53E6 #E66253 #8EE653

square

#53D7E6 #AB53E6 #E66253 #8EE653

split-complementary

#53D7E6 #E6538E #E6AB53

monochromatic

#1898A6 #20C9DC #53D7E6 #88E3EE #BEF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D7E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#53D7E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D7E6

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D7E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D7E6	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)

#C6CFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d7e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 215, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.115 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3ed',
    500: '#53d7e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d7e6;
$custom-light: #94e3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d7e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.122,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81298,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D7E6

secondary

#A84135

accent

#230FD7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D7E6

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

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