#53DBEE#53DBEE

#53DBEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.119 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DBEE
RGB	rgb(83, 219, 238)
HSL	hsl(187, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -30.84, -20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 36.85, 213.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.1045 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.119 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3249, 58.6702, 89.8608)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DBEE #EE6653

analogous

#53EEB4 #53DBEE #538DEE

triadic

#53DBEE #EE53DB #DBEE53

tetradic

#53DBEE #B453EE #EE6653 #8DEE53

square

#53DBEE #B453EE #EE6653 #8DEE53

split-complementary

#53DBEE #EE538D #EEB453

monochromatic

#12A1B5 #1BCFE8 #53DBEE #8BE7F4 #C2F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#53DBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#53DBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DBEE

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DBEE	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 219, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.119 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e6f3',
    500: '#53dbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dbee;
$custom-light: #95e6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.355,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82522,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DBEE

secondary

#B44131

accent

#2107DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DBEE

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

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