#53D8E8#53D8E8

#53D8E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.116 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8E8
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 232)
HSL	hsl(186, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -31.12, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 36.25, 210.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.1039 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.116 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6824, 56.7723, 85.0370)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8E8 #E86353

analogous

#53E8AE #53D8E8 #538EE8

triadic

#53D8E8 #E853D8 #D8E853

tetradic

#53D8E8 #AE53E8 #E86353 #8EE853

square

#53D8E8 #AE53E8 #E86353 #8EE853

split-complementary

#53D8E8 #E8538E #E8AE53

monochromatic

#179AAA #1ECBE0 #53D8E8 #89E4EF #BFF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#53D8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#53D8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8E8

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8E8	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.116 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4ef',
    500: '#53d8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8e8;
$custom-light: #94e4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.443,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81604,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8E8

secondary

#AB4134

accent

#230DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8E8

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

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