#53D8EE#53D8EE

#53D8EE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.118 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8EE
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 238)
HSL	hsl(189, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -29.39, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 36.40, 216.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.1016 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.118 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5493, 57.1190, 89.6023)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8EE #EE6953

analogous

#53EEB6 #53D8EE #538AEE

triadic

#53D8EE #EE53D8 #D8EE53

tetradic

#53D8EE #B653EE #EE6953 #8AEE53

square

#53D8EE #B653EE #EE6953 #8AEE53

split-complementary

#53D8EE #EE538A #EEB653

monochromatic

#129EB5 #1BCBE8 #53D8EE #8BE5F4 #C2F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#53D8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#53D8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8EE

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8EE	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.118 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e4f3',
    500: '#53d8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8ee;
$custom-light: #95e4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.516,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81826,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8EE

secondary

#B44331

accent

#2607DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8EE

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

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