#53E3EF#53E3EF

#53E3EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.122 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53E3EF
RGB	rgb(83, 227, 239)
HSL	hsl(185, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -34.35, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 38.40, 206.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.1121 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.122 203)
XYZ	xyz(46.6096, 63.0040, 91.3492)
Luminance	0.6301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53E3EF #EF5F53

analogous

#53EFAD #53E3EF #5395EF

triadic

#53E3EF #EF53E3 #E3EF53

tetradic

#53E3EF #AD53EF #EF5F53 #95EF53

square

#53E3EF #AD53EF #EF5F53 #95EF53

split-complementary

#53E3EF #EF5395 #EFAD53

monochromatic

#11AAB7 #1BDAEA #53E3EF #8BECF4 #C3F5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#53E3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#53E3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53E3EF

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53E3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53E3EF	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2DAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC9F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53e3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 227, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.122 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ecf4',
    500: '#53e3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53e3ef;
$custom-light: #96ecf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53e3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84416,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.63009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53E3EF

secondary

#B63B30

accent

#1706DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53E3EF

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

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