#53DAE6#53DAE6

#53DAE6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.116 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DAE6
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 230)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -32.65, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 36.69, 207.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.1068 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.116 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9155, 57.6903, 83.7212)
Luminance	0.5769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DAE6 #E65F53

analogous

#53E6A9 #53DAE6 #5391E6

triadic

#53DAE6 #E653DA #DAE653

tetradic

#53DAE6 #A953E6 #E65F53 #91E653

square

#53DAE6 #A953E6 #E65F53 #91E653

split-complementary

#53DAE6 #E65391 #E6A953

monochromatic

#189BA6 #20CDDC #53DAE6 #88E5EE #BEF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#53DAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#53DAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DAE6

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DAE6	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)

#CAD1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.116 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e6ed',
    500: '#53dae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dae6;
$custom-light: #94e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.898,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81999,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DAE6

secondary

#A83E35

accent

#1F0FD7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DAE6

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

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