#53D8E2#53D8E2

#53D8E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.115 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8E2
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 226)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -32.83, -15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 36.37, 205.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.1064 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.115 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8447, 56.4372, 80.6249)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8E2 #E25D53

analogous

#53E2A4 #53D8E2 #5390E2

triadic

#53D8E2 #E253D8 #D8E253

tetradic

#53D8E2 #A453E2 #E25D53 #90E253

square

#53D8E2 #A453E2 #E25D53 #90E253

split-complementary

#53D8E2 #E25390 #E2A453

monochromatic

#1B96A0 #24C8D4 #53D8E2 #87E4EB #BCF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#53D8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#53D8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8E2

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8E2	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)

#C8CFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.115 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4eb',
    500: '#53d8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8e2;
$custom-light: #93e4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.196,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81389,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8E2

secondary

#A33E37

accent

#2012D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8E2

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

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