#53D8F2#53D8F2

#53D8F2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.119 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8F2
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 242)
HSL	hsl(190, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -28.22, -23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 36.66, 219.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.1 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.119 213)
XYZ	xyz(44.1435, 57.3567, 92.7317)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8F2 #F26D53

analogous

#53F2BC #53D8F2 #5388F2

triadic

#53D8F2 #F253D8 #D8F253

tetradic

#53D8F2 #BC53F2 #F26D53 #88F253

square

#53D8F2 #BC53F2 #F26D53 #88F253

split-complementary

#53D8F2 #F25388 #F2BC53

monochromatic

#0EA0BC #1ACBEE #53D8F2 #8CE5F6 #C5F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#53D8F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#53D8F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8F2

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8F2	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D1F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC0F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.119 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e4f6',
    500: '#53d8f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8f2;
$custom-light: #95e4f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.811,
    "s": 85.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81978,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.57362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8F2

secondary

#BB452E

accent

#2803E2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8F2

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

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