#53DCEB#53DCEB

#53DCEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.118 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCEB
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 235)
HSL	hsl(186, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -32.18, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 37.01, 209.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.1067 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.118 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1495, 59.0187, 87.6461)
Luminance	0.5902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCEB #EB6253

analogous

#53EBAE #53DCEB #5390EB

triadic

#53DCEB #EB53DC #DCEB53

tetradic

#53DCEB #AE53EB #EB6253 #90EB53

square

#53DCEB #AE53EB #EB6253 #90EB53

split-complementary

#53DCEB #EB5390 #EBAE53

monochromatic

#14A0AF #1CD1E5 #53DCEB #8AE7F1 #C1F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#53DCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#53DCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCEB

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCEB	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.118 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7f1',
    500: '#53dceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dceb;
$custom-light: #95e7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.921,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82645,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCEB

secondary

#B03F32

accent

#1F0ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCEB

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

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