#53D9E4#53D9E4

#53D9E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.116 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9E4
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -32.74, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 36.53, 206.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.1066 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.116 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3777, 57.0615, 82.1643)
Luminance	0.5707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9E4 #E45E53

analogous

#53E4A6 #53D9E4 #5390E4

triadic

#53D9E4 #E453D9 #D9E453

tetradic

#53D9E4 #A653E4 #E45E53 #90E453

square

#53D9E4 #A653E4 #E45E53 #90E453

split-complementary

#53D9E4 #E45390 #E4A653

monochromatic

#1A99A3 #22CAD8 #53D9E4 #88E5EC #BDF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#53D9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#53D9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9E4

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9E4	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.116 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e5ec',
    500: '#53d9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9e4;
$custom-light: #94e5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.552,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81694,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9E4

secondary

#A53E36

accent

#1F11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9E4

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

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