#53D7EF#53D7EF

#53D7EF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.118 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D7EF
RGB	rgb(83, 215, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 10%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -28.61, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 36.34, 218.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.1002 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.118 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4412, 56.6671, 90.2930)
Luminance	0.5667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D7EF #EF6B53

analogous

#53EFB9 #53D7EF #5389EF

triadic

#53D7EF #EF53D7 #D7EF53

tetradic

#53D7EF #B953EF #EF6B53 #89EF53

square

#53D7EF #B953EF #EF6B53 #89EF53

split-complementary

#53D7EF #EF5389 #EFB953

monochromatic

#119DB7 #1BCAEA #53D7EF #8BE4F4 #C3F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#53D7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#53D7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D7EF

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D7EF	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 215, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.118 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f4',
    500: '#53d7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d7ef;
$custom-light: #95e3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81632,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D7EF

secondary

#B64530

accent

#2806DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D7EF

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

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