#53D8E7#53D8E7

#53D8E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.116 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8E7
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 231)
HSL	hsl(186, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -31.41, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 36.25, 209.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.1043 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.116 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5408, 56.7156, 84.2910)
Luminance	0.5672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8E7 #E76253

analogous

#53E7AC #53D8E7 #538EE7

triadic

#53D8E7 #E753D8 #D8E753

tetradic

#53D8E7 #AC53E7 #E76253 #8EE753

square

#53D8E7 #AC53E7 #E76253 #8EE753

split-complementary

#53D8E7 #E7538E #E7AC53

monochromatic

#1799A8 #1FCADE #53D8E7 #89E4EE #BEF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#53D8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#53D8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8E7

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8E7	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.116 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4ee',
    500: '#53d8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8e7;
$custom-light: #94e4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.081,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81568,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8E7

secondary

#AA4034

accent

#220ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8E7

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

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