#53E8EF#53E8EF

#53E8EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.124 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53E8EF
RGB	rgb(83, 232, 239)
HSL	hsl(183, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 2.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -36.68, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 39.63, 202.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.117 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.124 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9970, 65.7788, 91.8116)
Luminance	0.6578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53E8EF #EF5A53

analogous

#53EFA8 #53E8EF #539AEF

triadic

#53E8EF #EF53E8 #E8EF53

tetradic

#53E8EF #A853EF #EF5A53 #9AEF53

square

#53E8EF #A853EF #EF5A53 #9AEF53

split-complementary

#53E8EF #EF539A #EFA853

monochromatic

#11AFB7 #1BE1EA #53E8EF #8BEFF4 #C3F7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#53E8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#53E8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53E8EF

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53E8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53E8EF	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CDF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53e8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 232, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.124 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96f0f4',
    500: '#53e8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53e8ef;
$custom-light: #96f0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53e8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.692,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85579,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53E8EF

secondary

#B63630

accent

#1006DF

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #53E8EF

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

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