#53D9EC#53D9EC

#53D9EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.117 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9EC
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 236)
HSL	hsl(187, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -30.45, -20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 36.48, 213.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.1033 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.117 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5140, 57.5161, 88.1490)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9EC #EC6653

analogous

#53ECB3 #53D9EC #538CEC

triadic

#53D9EC #EC53D9 #D9EC53

tetradic

#53D9EC #B353EC #EC6653 #8CEC53

square

#53D9EC #B353EC #EC6653 #8CEC53

split-complementary

#53D9EC #EC538C #ECB353

monochromatic

#149DB1 #1CCDE6 #53D9EC #8AE5F2 #C1F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#53D9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#53D9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9EC

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9EC	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.117 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e5f2',
    500: '#53d9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9ec;
$custom-light: #94e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.451,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81984,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9EC

secondary

#B14232

accent

#2309DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9EC

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

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