#53D8EB#53D8EB

#53D8EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.117 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8EB
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -30.26, -20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 36.29, 213.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.1027 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.117 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1122, 56.9442, 87.3004)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8EB #EB6653

analogous

#53EBB2 #53D8EB #538CEB

triadic

#53D8EB #EB53D8 #D8EB53

tetradic

#53D8EB #B253EB #EB6653 #8CEB53

square

#53D8EB #B253EB #EB6653 #8CEB53

split-complementary

#53D8EB #EB538C #EBB253

monochromatic

#149CAF #1CCCE5 #53D8EB #8AE4F1 #C1F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#53D8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#53D8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8EB

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8EB	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.117 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4f1',
    500: '#53d8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8eb;
$custom-light: #94e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81715,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8EB

secondary

#B04232

accent

#240ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8EB

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

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