#53DAE8#53DAE8

#53DAE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.117 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DAE8
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 232)
HSL	hsl(186, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -32.08, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 36.64, 208.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.1059 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.117 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1979, 57.8033, 85.2088)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DAE8 #E86153

analogous

#53E8AC #53DAE8 #538FE8

triadic

#53DAE8 #E853DA #DAE853

tetradic

#53DAE8 #AC53E8 #E86153 #8FE853

square

#53DAE8 #AC53E8 #E86153 #8FE853

split-complementary

#53DAE8 #E8538F #E8AC53

monochromatic

#179CAA #1ECEE0 #53DAE8 #89E6EF #BFF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#53DAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#53DAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DAE8

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DAE8	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.117 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e6ef',
    500: '#53dae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dae8;
$custom-light: #94e6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.638,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82071,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DAE8

secondary

#AB3F34

accent

#200DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DAE8

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

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