#53E5EA#53E5EA

#53E5EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.122 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53E5EA
RGB	rgb(83, 229, 234)
HSL	hsl(182, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.87, -36.68, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.87, 39.22, 200.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.1161 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.122 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4313, 63.8130, 87.6961)
Luminance	0.6382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53E5EA #EA5853

analogous

#53EAA4 #53E5EA #5399EA

triadic

#53E5EA #EA53E5 #E5EA53

tetradic

#53E5EA #A453EA #EA5853 #99EA53

square

#53E5EA #A453EA #EA5853 #99EA53

split-complementary

#53E5EA #EA5399 #EAA453

monochromatic

#15A8AD #1CDDE3 #53E5EA #8AEDF1 #C0F5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#53E5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#53E5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53E5EA

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53E5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53E5EA	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53e5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 229, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.122 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95edf0',
    500: '#53e5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53e5ea;
$custom-light: #95edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53e5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.987,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84708,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53E5EA

secondary

#AE3733

accent

#120BDB

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #53E5EA

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

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