#53D7EC#53D7EC

#53D7EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.117 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D7EC
RGB	rgb(83, 215, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -29.49, -20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 36.17, 215.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.1014 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.117 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0017, 56.4913, 87.9783)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D7EC #EC6853

analogous

#53ECB4 #53D7EC #538BEC

triadic

#53D7EC #EC53D7 #D7EC53

tetradic

#53D7EC #B453EC #EC6853 #8BEC53

square

#53D7EC #B453EC #EC6853 #8BEC53

split-complementary

#53D7EC #EC538B #ECB453

monochromatic

#149BB1 #1CCAE6 #53D7EC #8AE4F2 #C1F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#53D7EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#53D7EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D7EC

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D7EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D7EC	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d7ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 215, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.117 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3f2',
    500: '#53d7ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d7ec;
$custom-light: #94e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d7ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.235,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81519,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D7EC

secondary

#B14332

accent

#2609DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D7EC

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

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