#53D9E2#53D9E2

#53D9E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.115 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9E2
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 226)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -33.30, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 36.62, 204.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.1074 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.115 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1017, 56.9511, 80.7106)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9E2 #E25C53

analogous

#53E2A3 #53D9E2 #5391E2

triadic

#53D9E2 #E253D9 #D9E253

tetradic

#53D9E2 #A353E2 #E25C53 #91E253

square

#53D9E2 #A353E2 #E25C53 #91E253

split-complementary

#53D9E2 #E25391 #E2A353

monochromatic

#1B97A0 #24C9D4 #53D9E2 #87E5EB #BCF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#53D9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#53D9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9E2

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9E2	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)

#CAD0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.115 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e5eb',
    500: '#53d9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9e2;
$custom-light: #94e5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.776,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81623,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9E2

secondary

#A33D37

accent

#1E12D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9E2

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

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