#53DBE5#53DBE5

#53DBE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.117 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DBE5
RGB	rgb(83, 219, 229)
HSL	hsl(184, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -33.40, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 36.96, 205.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.1082 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.117 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0356, 58.1545, 83.0704)
Luminance	0.5816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DBE5 #E55D53

analogous

#53E5A6 #53DBE5 #5392E5

triadic

#53DBE5 #E553DB #DBE553

tetradic

#53DBE5 #A653E5 #E55D53 #92E553

square

#53DBE5 #A653E5 #E55D53 #92E553

split-complementary

#53DBE5 #E55392 #E5A653

monochromatic

#199BA5 #21CDDA #53DBE5 #88E6ED #BDF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#53DBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#53DBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DBE5

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DBE5	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)

#CBD2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 219, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.117 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e6ed',
    500: '#53dbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dbe5;
$custom-light: #94e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.11,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82197,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DBE5

secondary

#A73D35

accent

#1D10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DBE5

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

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