#53DCE2#53DCE2

#53DCE2 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.117 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCE2
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 226)
HSL	hsl(183, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 2.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -34.71, -13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 37.40, 201.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.1104 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.117 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8820, 58.5117, 80.9707)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCE2 #E25953

analogous

#53E2A0 #53DCE2 #5395E2

triadic

#53DCE2 #E253DC #DCE253

tetradic

#53DCE2 #A053E2 #E25953 #95E253

square

#53DCE2 #A053E2 #E25953 #95E253

split-complementary

#53DCE2 #E25395 #E2A053

monochromatic

#1B9AA0 #24CDD4 #53DCE2 #87E7EB #BCF1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#53DCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#53DCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCE2

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCE2	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.117 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7eb',
    500: '#53dce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dce2;
$custom-light: #94e7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.517,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82326,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCE2

secondary

#A33B37

accent

#1A12D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCE2

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

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