#53D9E7#53D9E7

#53D9E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.116 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9E7
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 231)
HSL	hsl(186, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -31.89, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 36.45, 208.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.1054 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.116 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7978, 57.2295, 84.3767)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9E7 #E76153

analogous

#53E7AB #53D9E7 #538FE7

triadic

#53D9E7 #E753D9 #D9E753

tetradic

#53D9E7 #AB53E7 #E76153 #8FE753

square

#53D9E7 #AB53E7 #E76153 #8FE753

split-complementary

#53D9E7 #E7538F #E7AB53

monochromatic

#179AA8 #1FCCDE #53D9E7 #89E5EE #BEF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#53D9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#53D9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9E7

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9E7	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.116 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e5ee',
    500: '#53d9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9e7;
$custom-light: #94e5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.676,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81801,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9E7

secondary

#AA3F34

accent

#210ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9E7

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

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