#53D9E5#53D9E5

#53D9E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.116 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9E5
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 229)
HSL	hsl(185, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -32.46, -16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 36.49, 207.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.1062 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.116 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5169, 57.1172, 82.8976)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9E5 #E55F53

analogous

#53E5A8 #53D9E5 #5390E5

triadic

#53D9E5 #E553D9 #D9E553

tetradic

#53D9E5 #A853E5 #E55F53 #90E553

square

#53D9E5 #A853E5 #E55F53 #90E553

split-complementary

#53D9E5 #E55390 #E5A853

monochromatic

#1999A5 #21CBDA #53D9E5 #88E5ED #BDF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#53D9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#53D9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9E5

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9E5	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)

#C9D0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.116 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e5ed',
    500: '#53d9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9e5;
$custom-light: #94e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.932,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81729,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9E5

secondary

#A73F35

accent

#2010D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9E5

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

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