#53DFEF#53DFEF

#53DFEF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.120 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DFEF
RGB	rgb(83, 223, 239)
HSL	hsl(186, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -32.46, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 37.57, 210.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.1081 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.12 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5283, 60.8413, 90.9887)
Luminance	0.6085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53DFEF #EF6353

analogous

#53EFB1 #53DFEF #5391EF

triadic

#53DFEF #EF53DF #DFEF53

tetradic

#53DFEF #B153EF #EF6353 #91EF53

square

#53DFEF #B153EF #EF6353 #91EF53

split-complementary

#53DFEF #EF5391 #EFB153

monochromatic

#11A6B7 #1BD5EA #53DFEF #8BE9F4 #C3F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#53DFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#53DFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DFEF

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DFEF	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 223, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.120 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e9f4',
    500: '#53dfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dfef;
$custom-light: #95e9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83487,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DFEF

secondary

#B63E30

accent

#1C06DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DFEF

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

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