#53DCEF#53DCEF

#53DCEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.119 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DCEF
RGB	rgb(83, 220, 239)
HSL	hsl(187, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, -31.03, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 37.03, 213.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.1051 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.119 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7338, 59.2524, 90.7239)
Luminance	0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DCEF #EF6653

analogous

#53EFB4 #53DCEF #538EEF

triadic

#53DCEF #EF53DC #DCEF53

tetradic

#53DCEF #B453EF #EF6653 #8EEF53

square

#53DCEF #B453EF #EF6653 #8EEF53

split-complementary

#53DCEF #EF538E #EFB453

monochromatic

#11A2B7 #1BD1EA #53DCEF #8BE7F4 #C3F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#53DCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#53DCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DCEF

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DCEF	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 220, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.119 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7f4',
    500: '#53dcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dcef;
$custom-light: #95e7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.308,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82791,
    "c": 0.11918,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DCEF

secondary

#B64130

accent

#2106DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DCEF

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

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