#53DAE4#53DAE4

#53DAE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.116 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DAE4
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 228)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 4.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -33.21, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 36.76, 205.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.1076 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.116 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6362, 57.5786, 82.2505)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DAE4 #E45D53

analogous

#53E4A5 #53DAE4 #5391E4

triadic

#53DAE4 #E453DA #DAE453

tetradic

#53DAE4 #A553E4 #E45D53 #91E453

square

#53DAE4 #A553E4 #E45D53 #91E453

split-complementary

#53DAE4 #E45391 #E4A553

monochromatic

#1A9AA3 #22CBD8 #53DAE4 #88E5EC #BDF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#53DAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#53DAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DAE4

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DAE4	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)

#CAD1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.116 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e6ec',
    500: '#53dae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dae4;
$custom-light: #94e6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81928,
    "c": 0.11611,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DAE4

secondary

#A53D36

accent

#1E11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DAE4

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

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