#53D9ED#53D9ED

#53D9ED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.118 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9ED
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 237)
HSL	hsl(188, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 8.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -30.16, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 36.50, 214.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.103 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.118 209)
XYZ	xyz(43.6597, 57.5743, 88.9163)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9ED #ED6753

analogous

#53EDB4 #53D9ED #538CED

triadic

#53D9ED #ED53D9 #D9ED53

tetradic

#53D9ED #B453ED #ED6753 #8CED53

square

#53D9ED #B453ED #ED6753 #8CED53

split-complementary

#53D9ED #ED538C #EDB453

monochromatic

#139EB3 #1CCDE7 #53D9ED #8AE5F3 #C2F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#53D9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#53D9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9ED

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9ED	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.118 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5f2',
    500: '#53d9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9ed;
$custom-light: #95e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.792,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82021,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.57579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9ED

secondary

#B34231

accent

#2408DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9ED

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

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