#53DCE6#53DCE6

#53DCE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.117 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCE6
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 230)
HSL	hsl(184, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -33.60, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 37.15, 205.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.1088 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.117 202)
XYZ	xyz(43.4372, 58.7338, 83.8951)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCE6 #E65D53

analogous

#53E6A7 #53DCE6 #5393E6

triadic

#53DCE6 #E653DC #DCE653

tetradic

#53DCE6 #A753E6 #E65D53 #93E653

square

#53DCE6 #A753E6 #E65D53 #93E653

split-complementary

#53DCE6 #E65393 #E6A753

monochromatic

#189DA6 #20CFDC #53DCE6 #88E7EE #BEF2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#53DCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#53DCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCE6

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCE6	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)

#CCD3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.117 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7ed',
    500: '#53dce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dce6;
$custom-light: #94e7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.082,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82466,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.58739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCE6

secondary

#A83D35

accent

#1C0FD7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCE6

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

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