#53D8EA#53D8EA

#53D8EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.117 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8EA
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -30.55, -19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 36.27, 212.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.1031 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.117 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9681, 56.8865, 86.5416)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8EA #EA6553

analogous

#53EAB0 #53D8EA #538DEA

triadic

#53D8EA #EA53D8 #D8EA53

tetradic

#53D8EA #B053EA #EA6553 #8DEA53

square

#53D8EA #B053EA #EA6553 #8DEA53

split-complementary

#53D8EA #EA538D #EAB053

monochromatic

#159BAD #1CCCE3 #53D8EA #8AE4F1 #C0F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#53D8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#53D8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8EA

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8EA	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.117 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4f0',
    500: '#53d8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8ea;
$custom-light: #94e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.152,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81678,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8EA

secondary

#AE4233

accent

#240BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8EA

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

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