#53DCEC#53DCEC

#53DCEC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.118 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCEC
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 236)
HSL	hsl(186, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -31.89, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 37.00, 210.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.1063 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.118 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2943, 59.0766, 88.4091)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCEC #EC6353

analogous

#53ECB0 #53DCEC #538FEC

triadic

#53DCEC #EC53DC #DCEC53

tetradic

#53DCEC #B053EC #EC6353 #8FEC53

square

#53DCEC #B053EC #EC6353 #8FEC53

split-complementary

#53DCEC #EC538F #ECB053

monochromatic

#14A1B1 #1CD1E6 #53DCEC #8AE7F2 #C1F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#53DCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#53DCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCEC

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCEC	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.118 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7f2',
    500: '#53dcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dcec;
$custom-light: #95e7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.275,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82681,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCEC

secondary

#B13F32

accent

#1F09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCEC

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

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