#53DCE8#53DCE8

#53DCE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.118 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCE8
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 232)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 5.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -33.03, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 37.07, 207.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.1079 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.118 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7197, 58.8468, 85.3827)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCE8 #E85F53

analogous

#53E8AA #53DCE8 #5392E8

triadic

#53DCE8 #E853DC #DCE853

tetradic

#53DCE8 #AA53E8 #E85F53 #92E853

square

#53DCE8 #AA53E8 #E85F53 #92E853

split-complementary

#53DCE8 #E85392 #E8AA53

monochromatic

#179EAA #1ED0E0 #53DCE8 #89E7EF #BFF2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#53DCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#53DCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCE8

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCE8	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.118 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7ef',
    500: '#53dce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dce8;
$custom-light: #94e7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.832,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82537,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCE8

secondary

#AB3E34

accent

#1D0DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCE8

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

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