#53D8EC#53D8EC

#53D8EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.117 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8EC
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -29.97, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 36.32, 214.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.1024 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.117 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2571, 57.0021, 88.0634)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8EC #EC6753

analogous

#53ECB3 #53D8EC #538CEC

triadic

#53D8EC #EC53D8 #D8EC53

tetradic

#53D8EC #B353EC #EC6753 #8CEC53

square

#53D8EC #B353EC #EC6753 #8CEC53

split-complementary

#53D8EC #EC538C #ECB353

monochromatic

#149CB1 #1CCCE6 #53D8EC #8AE4F2 #C1F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#53D8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#53D8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8EC

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8EC	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.117 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4f2',
    500: '#53d8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8ec;
$custom-light: #94e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.843,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81752,
    "c": 0.11713,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8EC

secondary

#B14332

accent

#2509DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8EC

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

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