#53DAEF#53DAEF

#53DAEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.119 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DAEF
RGB	rgb(83, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -30.07, -21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 36.73, 215.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.1032 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.119 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2121, 58.2089, 90.5500)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DAEF #EF6853

analogous

#53EFB6 #53DAEF #538CEF

triadic

#53DAEF #EF53DA #DAEF53

tetradic

#53DAEF #B653EF #EF6853 #8CEF53

square

#53DAEF #B653EF #EF6853 #8CEF53

split-complementary

#53DAEF #EF538C #EFB653

monochromatic

#11A0B7 #1BCEEA #53DAEF #8BE6F4 #C3F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#53DAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#53DAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DAEF

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DAEF	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53daef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.119 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5f4',
    500: '#53daef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53daef;
$custom-light: #95e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53daef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.077,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82327,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DAEF

secondary

#B64230

accent

#2306DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DAEF

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

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