#53E8EA#53E8EA

#53E8EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.124 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53E8EA
RGB	rgb(83, 232, 234)
HSL	hsl(181, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -38.06, -12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 40.09, 198.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.119 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.124 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2686, 65.4875, 87.9751)
Luminance	0.6549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53E8EA #EA5553

analogous

#53EAA1 #53E8EA #539CEA

triadic

#53E8EA #EA53E8 #E8EA53

tetradic

#53E8EA #A153EA #EA5553 #9CEA53

square

#53E8EA #A153EA #EA5553 #9CEA53

split-complementary

#53E8EA #EA539C #EAA153

monochromatic

#15ABAD #1CE1E3 #53E8EA #8AEFF1 #C0F7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#53E8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#53E8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53E8EA

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53E8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53E8EA	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53e8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 232, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.124 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96f0f0',
    500: '#53e8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53e8ea;
$custom-light: #96f0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53e8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.795,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85409,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53E8EA

secondary

#AE3533

accent

#0E0BDB

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #53E8EA

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

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