#53D8E0#53D8E0

#53D8E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.115 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8E0
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 224)
HSL	hsl(183, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 3.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -33.39, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 36.48, 203.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.1072 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.115 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5719, 56.3280, 79.1880)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8E0 #E05B53

analogous

#53E0A1 #53D8E0 #5392E0

triadic

#53D8E0 #E053D8 #D8E053

tetradic

#53D8E0 #A153E0 #E05B53 #92E053

square

#53D8E0 #A153E0 #E05B53 #92E053

split-complementary

#53D8E0 #E05392 #E0A153

monochromatic

#1C959C #26C7D0 #53D8E0 #87E4E9 #BBF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#53D8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#53D8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8E0

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8E0	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.115 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4e9',
    500: '#53d8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8e0;
$custom-light: #93e4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.404,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81318,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8E0

secondary

#A03D37

accent

#1F14D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8E0

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

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