#53D7E8#53D7E8

#53D7E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.116 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D7E8
RGB	rgb(83, 215, 232)
HSL	hsl(187, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -30.64, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 36.06, 211.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.1029 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.116 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4270, 56.2614, 84.9518)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D7E8 #E86453

analogous

#53E8AF #53D7E8 #538DE8

triadic

#53D7E8 #E853D7 #D7E853

tetradic

#53D7E8 #AF53E8 #E86453 #8DE853

square

#53D7E8 #AF53E8 #E86453 #8DE853

split-complementary

#53D7E8 #E8538D #E8AF53

monochromatic

#1799AA #1ECAE0 #53D7E8 #89E4EF #BFF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#53D7E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#53D7E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D7E8

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D7E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D7E8	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d7e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 215, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.116 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3ef',
    500: '#53d7e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d7e8;
$custom-light: #94e3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d7e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.846,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81371,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D7E8

secondary

#AB4234

accent

#240DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D7E8

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

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