#53DEE5#53DEE5

#53DEE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.118 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DEE5
RGB	rgb(83, 222, 229)
HSL	hsl(183, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -34.81, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 37.72, 202.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.1112 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.118 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8253, 59.7339, 83.3337)
Luminance	0.5974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DEE5 #E55A53

analogous

#53E5A3 #53DEE5 #5395E5

triadic

#53DEE5 #E553DE #DEE553

tetradic

#53DEE5 #A353E5 #E55A53 #95E553

square

#53DEE5 #A353E5 #E55A53 #95E553

split-complementary

#53DEE5 #E55395 #E5A353

monochromatic

#199EA5 #21D1DA #53DEE5 #88E8ED #BDF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#53DEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#53DEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DEE5

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DEE5	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 222, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.118 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e8ed',
    500: '#53dee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dee5;
$custom-light: #94e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.877,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82899,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DEE5

secondary

#A73B35

accent

#1910D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DEE5

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

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