#53DEE6#53DEE6

#53DEE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.118 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DEE6
RGB	rgb(83, 222, 230)
HSL	hsl(183, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -34.54, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 37.65, 203.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.1108 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.118 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9653, 59.7899, 84.0711)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DEE6 #E65B53

analogous

#53E6A5 #53DEE6 #5395E6

triadic

#53DEE6 #E653DE #DEE653

tetradic

#53DEE6 #A553E6 #E65B53 #95E653

square

#53DEE6 #A553E6 #E65B53 #95E653

split-complementary

#53DEE6 #E65395 #E6A553

monochromatic

#189FA6 #20D2DC #53DEE6 #88E8EE #BEF3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#53DEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#53DEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DEE6

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DEE6	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 222, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.118 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e8ed',
    500: '#53dee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dee6;
$custom-light: #94e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.265,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82934,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DEE6

secondary

#A83B35

accent

#1A0FD7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DEE6

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

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