#53DBE8#53DBE8

#53DBE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.117 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DBE8
RGB	rgb(83, 219, 232)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -32.56, -17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 36.85, 207.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.1069 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.117 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4580, 58.3235, 85.2955)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DBE8 #E86053

analogous

#53E8AB #53DBE8 #5391E8

triadic

#53DBE8 #E853DB #DBE853

tetradic

#53DBE8 #AB53E8 #E86053 #91E853

square

#53DBE8 #AB53E8 #E86053 #91E853

split-complementary

#53DBE8 #E85391 #E8AB53

monochromatic

#179DAA #1ECFE0 #53DBE8 #89E6EF #BFF2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#53DBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#53DBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DBE8

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DBE8	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 219, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.117 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e6ef',
    500: '#53dbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dbe8;
$custom-light: #94e6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.235,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82304,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DBE8

secondary

#AB3E34

accent

#1F0DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DBE8

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

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