#53D8E9#53D8E9

#53D8E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.116 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8E9
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 233)
HSL	hsl(187, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -30.84, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 36.25, 211.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.1035 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.116 207)
XYZ	xyz(42.8249, 56.8292, 85.7872)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8E9 #E96453

analogous

#53E9AF #53D8E9 #538DE9

triadic

#53D8E9 #E953D8 #D8E953

tetradic

#53D8E9 #AF53E9 #E96453 #8DE953

square

#53D8E9 #AF53E9 #E96453 #8DE953

split-complementary

#53D8E9 #E9538D #E9AF53

monochromatic

#169BAC #1DCCE2 #53D8E9 #89E4F0 #C0F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#53D8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#53D8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8E9

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8E9	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.116 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4f0',
    500: '#53d8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8e9;
$custom-light: #94e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.8,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81641,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.56834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8E9

secondary

#AD4133

accent

#230CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8E9

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

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