#53D9EF#53D9EF

#53D9EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.118 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D9EF
RGB	rgb(83, 217, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -29.58, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 36.59, 216.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.1022 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.118 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9536, 57.6919, 90.4638)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D9EF #EF6953

analogous

#53EFB7 #53D9EF #538BEF

triadic

#53D9EF #EF53D9 #D9EF53

tetradic

#53D9EF #B753EF #EF6953 #8BEF53

square

#53D9EF #B753EF #EF6953 #8BEF53

split-complementary

#53D9EF #EF538B #EFB753

monochromatic

#119FB7 #1BCDEA #53D9EF #8BE5F4 #C3F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#53D9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#53D9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D9EF

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D9EF	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 217, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.118 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5f4',
    500: '#53d9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d9ef;
$custom-light: #95e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.462,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82095,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D9EF

secondary

#B64330

accent

#2506DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D9EF

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

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