#53D8EF#53D8EF

#53D8EF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.118 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8EF
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -29.10, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 36.46, 217.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.1012 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.118 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6966, 57.1779, 90.3782)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8EF #EF6A53

analogous

#53EFB8 #53D8EF #538AEF

triadic

#53D8EF #EF53D8 #D8EF53

tetradic

#53D8EF #B853EF #EF6A53 #8AEF53

square

#53D8EF #B853EF #EF6A53 #8AEF53

split-complementary

#53D8EF #EF538A #EFB853

monochromatic

#119EB7 #1BCBEA #53D8EF #8BE5F4 #C3F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#53D8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#53D8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8EF

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8EF	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.118 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e4f4',
    500: '#53d8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8ef;
$custom-light: #95e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.846,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81864,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8EF

secondary

#B64430

accent

#2606DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8EF

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

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