#53D7EB#53D7EB

#53D7EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.117 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D7EB
RGB	rgb(83, 215, 235)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -29.78, -20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 36.13, 214.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.1017 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.117 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8568, 56.4333, 87.2152)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D7EB #EB6753

analogous

#53EBB3 #53D7EB #538BEB

triadic

#53D7EB #EB53D7 #D7EB53

tetradic

#53D7EB #B353EB #EB6753 #8BEB53

square

#53D7EB #B353EB #EB6753 #8BEB53

split-complementary

#53D7EB #EB538B #EBB353

monochromatic

#149BAF #1CCAE5 #53D7EB #8AE4F1 #C1F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#53D7EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#53D7EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D7EB

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D7EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D7EB	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 215, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.117 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3f1',
    500: '#53d7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d7eb;
$custom-light: #94e3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81482,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D7EB

secondary

#B04332

accent

#260ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D7EB

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

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