#53E8D5#53E8D5
#53E8D5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.128 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #53E8D5 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(83, 232, 213) |
| HSL | hsl(172, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(172, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 8.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.15, -43.63, -2.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.15, 43.70, 183.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.74% -0.128 -0.0071) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.74% 0.128 183.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.4285, 64.3514, 73.0175) |
| Luminance | 0.6436 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 2.18
Tiffany Blue
#7BF2DA
ΔE00 3.84
Aqua (survey)
#13EAC9
ΔE00 4.43
Bright Aqua
#0BF9EA
ΔE00 4.46
Mediumturquoise
#48D1CC
ΔE00 6.85
Bright Turquoise
#0FFEF9
ΔE00 6.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#53E8D5 #E85366
analogous
#53E88B #53E8D5 #53B1E8
triadic
#53E8D5 #D553E8 #E8D553
tetradic
#53E8D5 #8B53E8 #E85366 #B1E853
square
#53E8D5 #8B53E8 #E85366 #B1E853
split-complementary
#53E8D5 #E853B1 #E88B53
monochromatic
#17AA97 #1EE0C7 #53E8D5 #89EFE2 #BFF6EF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#53E8D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.87
#53E8D5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #53E8D5
13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##53E8D5 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##53E8D5 | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.87 | 13.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDDBD4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8CBD7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ECE2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #53e8d5; /* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 232, 213); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.128 183.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#94f0e1',
500: '#53e8d5',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #53e8d5; $custom-light: #94f0e1; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#53e8d5",
"rgb": {
"r": 83,
"g": 232,
"b": 213
},
"hsl": {
"h": 172.349,
"s": 76.41,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84739,
"c": 0.1282,
"h": 183.2
},
"luminance": 0.64356
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#53E8D5
secondary
#AB3443
accent
#0D27D9
background
#FCFFFE
surface
#F5FEFC
border
#CFD6D5
text
#0F1615
muted
#808584