#53E5EF#53E5EF

#53E5EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.123 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53E5EF
RGB	rgb(83, 229, 239)
HSL	hsl(184, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -35.29, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 38.87, 204.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% -0.114 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.123 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1598, 64.1043, 91.5326)
Luminance	0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53E5EF #EF5D53

analogous

#53EFAB #53E5EF #5397EF

triadic

#53E5EF #EF53E5 #E5EF53

tetradic

#53E5EF #AB53EF #EF5D53 #97EF53

square

#53E5EF #AB53EF #EF5D53 #97EF53

split-complementary

#53E5EF #EF5397 #EFAB53

monochromatic

#11ACB7 #1BDDEA #53E5EF #8BEDF4 #C3F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#53E5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#53E5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53E5EF

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53E5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53E5EF	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDCAF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53e5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 229, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.123 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edf4',
    500: '#53e5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53e5ef;
$custom-light: #96edf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53e5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.846,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84881,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53E5EF

secondary

#B63930

accent

#1406DF

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #53E5EF

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

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