#53E2EF#53E2EF

#53E2EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.121 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53E2EF
RGB	rgb(83, 226, 239)
HSL	hsl(185, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -33.88, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 38.18, 207.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.1111 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.121 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3369, 62.4585, 91.2583)
Luminance	0.6246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53E2EF #EF6053

analogous

#53EFAE #53E2EF #5394EF

triadic

#53E2EF #EF53E2 #E2EF53

tetradic

#53E2EF #AE53EF #EF6053 #94EF53

square

#53E2EF #AE53EF #EF6053 #94EF53

split-complementary

#53E2EF #EF5394 #EFAE53

monochromatic

#11A9B7 #1BD9EA #53E2EF #8BEBF4 #C3F5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#53E2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#53E2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53E2EF

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53E2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53E2EF	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC8F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53e2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 226, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.121 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ebf4',
    500: '#53e2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53e2ef;
$custom-light: #96ebf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53e2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84184,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53E2EF

secondary

#B63B30

accent

#1806DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53E2EF

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

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