#53D9EA#53D9EA

#53D9EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.117 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9EA
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 234)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -31.03, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 36.44, 211.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.1041 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.117 207)
XYZ	xyz(43.2251, 57.4005, 86.6273)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9EA #EA6453

analogous

#53EAB0 #53D9EA #538EEA

triadic

#53D9EA #EA53D9 #D9EA53

tetradic

#53D9EA #B053EA #EA6453 #8EEA53

square

#53D9EA #B053EA #EA6453 #8EEA53

split-complementary

#53D9EA #EA538E #EAB053

monochromatic

#159CAD #1CCDE3 #53D9EA #8AE5F1 #C0F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#53D9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#53D9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9EA

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9EA	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.117 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e5f0',
    500: '#53d9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9ea;
$custom-light: #94e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.755,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8191,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.57405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9EA

secondary

#AE4133

accent

#220BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9EA

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

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