#53E4EF#53E4EF

#53E4EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.122 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53E4EF
RGB	rgb(83, 228, 239)
HSL	hsl(184, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 4.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -34.82, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 38.63, 205.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.113 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.122 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8839, 63.5526, 91.4406)
Luminance	0.6356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53E4EF #EF5E53

analogous

#53EFAC #53E4EF #5396EF

triadic

#53E4EF #EF53E4 #E4EF53

tetradic

#53E4EF #AC53EF #EF5E53 #96EF53

square

#53E4EF #AC53EF #EF5E53 #96EF53

split-complementary

#53E4EF #EF5396 #EFAC53

monochromatic

#11ABB7 #1BDBEA #53E4EF #8BEDF4 #C3F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#53E4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#53E4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53E4EF

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53E4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53E4EF	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC9F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53e4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 228, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.122 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edf4',
    500: '#53e4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53e4ef;
$custom-light: #96edf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53e4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.231,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84649,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53E4EF

secondary

#B63A30

accent

#1506DF

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #53E4EF

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

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