#53DCE5#53DCE5

#53DCE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCE5
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 229)
HSL	hsl(184, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -33.88, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 37.20, 204.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.1092 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.117 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2972, 58.6778, 83.1577)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCE5 #E55C53

analogous

#53E5A5 #53DCE5 #5393E5

triadic

#53DCE5 #E553DC #DCE553

tetradic

#53DCE5 #A553E5 #E55C53 #93E553

square

#53DCE5 #A553E5 #E55C53 #93E553

split-complementary

#53DCE5 #E55393 #E5A553

monochromatic

#199CA5 #21CEDA #53DCE5 #88E7ED #BDF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#53DCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#53DCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCE5

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCE5	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)

#CCD3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.117 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7ed',
    500: '#53dce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dce5;
$custom-light: #94e7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.699,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82431,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCE5

secondary

#A73C35

accent

#1C10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCE5

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

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