#53DCEE#53DCEE

#53DCEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.119 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCEE
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 238)
HSL	hsl(187, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -31.32, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 37.02, 212.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.1055 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.119 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5865, 59.1935, 89.9480)
Luminance	0.5920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCEE #EE6553

analogous

#53EEB3 #53DCEE #538EEE

triadic

#53DCEE #EE53DC #DCEE53

tetradic

#53DCEE #B353EE #EE6553 #8EEE53

square

#53DCEE #B353EE #EE6553 #8EEE53

split-complementary

#53DCEE #EE538E #EEB353

monochromatic

#12A2B5 #1BD1E8 #53DCEE #8BE7F4 #C2F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#53DCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#53DCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCEE

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCEE	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.119 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7f3',
    500: '#53dcee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dcee;
$custom-light: #95e7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.968,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82754,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCEE

secondary

#B44031

accent

#2007DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCEE

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

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