#53E5ED#53E5ED

#53E5ED is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.122 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53E5ED
RGB	rgb(83, 229, 237)
HSL	hsl(183, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.96, -35.85, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.96, 38.99, 203.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.1148 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.122 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8660, 63.9868, 89.9851)
Luminance	0.6399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53E5ED #ED5B53

analogous

#53EDA8 #53E5ED #5398ED

triadic

#53E5ED #ED53E5 #E5ED53

tetradic

#53E5ED #A853ED #ED5B53 #98ED53

square

#53E5ED #A853ED #ED5B53 #98ED53

split-complementary

#53E5ED #ED5398 #EDA853

monochromatic

#13ABB3 #1CDDE7 #53E5ED #8AEDF3 #C2F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#53E5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#53E5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53E5ED

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53E5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53E5ED	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53e5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 229, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.122 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edf2',
    500: '#53e5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53e5ed;
$custom-light: #96edf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53e5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.117,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84812,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53E5ED

secondary

#B33831

accent

#1308DD

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #53E5ED

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

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