#53DAEE#53DAEE

#53DAEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.118 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DAEE
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 238)
HSL	hsl(188, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -30.36, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 36.69, 214.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.1035 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.118 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0648, 58.1500, 89.7741)
Luminance	0.5816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DAEE #EE6753

analogous

#53EEB4 #53DAEE #538CEE

triadic

#53DAEE #EE53DA #DAEE53

tetradic

#53DAEE #B453EE #EE6753 #8CEE53

square

#53DAEE #B453EE #EE6753 #8CEE53

split-complementary

#53DAEE #EE538C #EEB453

monochromatic

#12A0B5 #1BCEE8 #53DAEE #8BE6F4 #C2F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#53DAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#53DAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DAEE

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DAEE	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53daee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.118 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5f3',
    500: '#53daee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53daee;
$custom-light: #95e5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53daee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8229,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DAEE

secondary

#B44231

accent

#2307DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DAEE

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

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