#53DAE5#53DAE5

#53DAE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.116 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DAE5
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 229)
HSL	hsl(185, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -32.93, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 36.72, 206.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.1072 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.116 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7755, 57.6343, 82.9837)
Luminance	0.5764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DAE5 #E55E53

analogous

#53E5A7 #53DAE5 #5391E5

triadic

#53DAE5 #E553DA #DAE553

tetradic

#53DAE5 #A753E5 #E55E53 #91E553

square

#53DAE5 #A753E5 #E55E53 #91E553

split-complementary

#53DAE5 #E55391 #E5A753

monochromatic

#199AA5 #21CCDA #53DAE5 #88E5ED #BDF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#53DAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#53DAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DAE5

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DAE5	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.116 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e6ed',
    500: '#53dae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dae5;
$custom-light: #94e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.521,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81963,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DAE5

secondary

#A73E35

accent

#1F10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DAE5

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

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