#53DFE5#53DFE5

#53DFE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.119 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DFE5
RGB	rgb(83, 223, 229)
HSL	hsl(182, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -35.28, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 37.99, 201.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.1122 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.119 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0916, 60.2666, 83.4225)
Luminance	0.6027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DFE5 #E55953

analogous

#53E5A2 #53DFE5 #5396E5

triadic

#53DFE5 #E553DF #DFE553

tetradic

#53DFE5 #A253E5 #E55953 #96E553

square

#53DFE5 #A253E5 #E55953 #96E553

split-complementary

#53DFE5 #E55396 #E5A253

monochromatic

#199FA5 #21D2DA #53DFE5 #88E9ED #BDF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#53DFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#53DFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DFE5

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DFE5	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 223, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.119 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e9ed',
    500: '#53dfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dfe5;
$custom-light: #94e9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.466,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83133,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DFE5

secondary

#A73A35

accent

#1810D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DFE5

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

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