#53DBEF#53DBEF

#53DBEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.119 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DBEF
RGB	rgb(83, 219, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, -30.55, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 36.87, 214.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.1041 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.119 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4722, 58.7291, 90.6367)
Luminance	0.5873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DBEF #EF6753

analogous

#53EFB5 #53DBEF #538DEF

triadic

#53DBEF #EF53DB #DBEF53

tetradic

#53DBEF #B553EF #EF6753 #8DEF53

square

#53DBEF #B553EF #EF6753 #8DEF53

split-complementary

#53DBEF #EF538D #EFB553

monochromatic

#11A1B7 #1BCFEA #53DBEF #8BE7F4 #C3F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#53DBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#53DBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DBEF

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DBEF	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 219, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.119 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e6f4',
    500: '#53dbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dbef;
$custom-light: #95e6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82559,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DBEF

secondary

#B64130

accent

#2206DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DBEF

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

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