#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
RGBrgb(83, 220, 239)
HSLhsl(187, 83%, 63%)
HSVhsv(187, 65%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(81.43, -31.03, -20.22)
CIE-LCHlch(81.43, 37.03, 213.08°)
OKLaboklab(82.79% -0.1051 -0.0561)
OKLCHoklch(82.79% 0.119 208.1)
XYZxyz(44.7338, 59.2524, 90.7239)
Luminance0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##53DCEF1.001.6312.8512.85
#FFFFFF1.631.0021.0021.00
#00000012.8521.001.001.00
##00000012.8521.001.001.00

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

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#53DCEF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva