#53DCE4#53DCE4

#53DCE4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.117 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCE4
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 228)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -34.16, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 37.26, 203.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.1096 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.117 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1580, 58.6221, 82.4244)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCE4 #E45B53

analogous

#53E4A3 #53DCE4 #5393E4

triadic

#53DCE4 #E453DC #DCE453

tetradic

#53DCE4 #A353E4 #E45B53 #93E453

square

#53DCE4 #A353E4 #E45B53 #93E453

split-complementary

#53DCE4 #E45393 #E4A353

monochromatic

#1A9BA3 #22CED8 #53DCE4 #88E7EC #BDF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#53DCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#53DCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCE4

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCE4	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.117 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7ec',
    500: '#53dce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dce4;
$custom-light: #94e7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.31,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82396,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCE4

secondary

#A53C36

accent

#1B11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCE4

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

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