#53D8E4#53D8E4

#53D8E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.115 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8E4
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -32.27, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 36.30, 207.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.1056 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.115 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1207, 56.5476, 82.0787)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8E4 #E45F53

analogous

#53E4A8 #53D8E4 #538FE4

triadic

#53D8E4 #E453D8 #D8E453

tetradic

#53D8E4 #A853E4 #E45F53 #8FE453

square

#53D8E4 #A853E4 #E45F53 #8FE453

split-complementary

#53D8E4 #E4538F #E4A853

monochromatic

#1A98A3 #22C9D8 #53D8E4 #88E4EC #BDF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#53D8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#53D8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8E4

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8E4	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.115 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4ec',
    500: '#53d8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8e4;
$custom-light: #94e4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.966,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8146,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8E4

secondary

#A53F36

accent

#2111D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8E4

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

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