#53DCE9#53DCE9

#53DCE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.118 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCE9
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 233)
HSL	hsl(185, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -32.75, -17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 37.04, 207.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.1075 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.118 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8621, 58.9038, 86.1329)
Luminance	0.5891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCE9 #E96053

analogous

#53E9AB #53DCE9 #5391E9

triadic

#53DCE9 #E953DC #DCE953

tetradic

#53DCE9 #AB53E9 #E96053 #91E953

square

#53DCE9 #AB53E9 #E96053 #91E953

split-complementary

#53DCE9 #E95391 #E9AB53

monochromatic

#169FAC #1DD1E2 #53DCE9 #89E7F0 #C0F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#53DCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#53DCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCE9

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCE9	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.118 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7f0',
    500: '#53dce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dce9;
$custom-light: #94e7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82573,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCE9

secondary

#AD3E33

accent

#1E0CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCE9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →