#53E5EC#53E5EC

#53E5EC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.122 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53E5EC
RGB	rgb(83, 229, 236)
HSL	hsl(183, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -36.12, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 39.06, 202.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.1153 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.122 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7203, 63.9285, 89.2178)
Luminance	0.6393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53E5EC #EC5A53

analogous

#53ECA6 #53E5EC #5399EC

triadic

#53E5EC #EC53E5 #E5EC53

tetradic

#53E5EC #A653EC #EC5A53 #99EC53

square

#53E5EC #A653EC #EC5A53 #99EC53

split-complementary

#53E5EC #EC5399 #ECA653

monochromatic

#14AAB1 #1CDDE6 #53E5EC #8AEDF2 #C1F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#53E5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#53E5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53E5EC

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53E5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53E5EC	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53e5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 229, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.122 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edf2',
    500: '#53e5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53e5ec;
$custom-light: #96edf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53e5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.745,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84777,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53E5EC

secondary

#B13832

accent

#1309DC

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #53E5EC

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

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