#53E6FA#53E6FA

#53E6FA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.125 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53E6FA
RGB	rgb(83, 230, 250)
HSL	hsl(187, 94%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -32.63, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 38.88, 212.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.1106 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.125 208)
XYZ	xyz(49.1120, 65.3292, 100.4454)
Luminance	0.6533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53E6FA #FA6753

analogous

#53FABB #53E6FA #5392FA

triadic

#53E6FA #FA53E6 #E6FA53

tetradic

#53E6FA #BB53FA #FA6753 #92FA53

square

#53E6FA #BB53FA #FA6753 #92FA53

split-complementary

#53E6FA #FA5392 #FABB53

monochromatic

#06B5CD #18DDF8 #53E6FA #8EEFFC #CAF7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#53E6FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#53E6FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53E6FA

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53E6FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53E6FA	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DEFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBCCFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53e6fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 230, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.125 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97eefc',
    500: '#53e6fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53e6fa;
$custom-light: #97eefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53e6fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.186,
    "s": 94.35,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85507,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.65335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53E6FA

secondary

#C83C29

accent

#1B00E6

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #53E6FA

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

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