#53E9EF#53E9EF

#53E9EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.125 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53E9EF
RGB	rgb(83, 233, 239)
HSL	hsl(182, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.17, -37.14, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.17, 39.90, 201.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.118 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.125 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2793, 66.3434, 91.9057)
Luminance	0.6635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53E9EF #EF5953

analogous

#53EFA7 #53E9EF #539BEF

triadic

#53E9EF #EF53E9 #E9EF53

tetradic

#53E9EF #A753EF #EF5953 #9BEF53

square

#53E9EF #A753EF #EF5953 #9BEF53

split-complementary

#53E9EF #EF539B #EFA753

monochromatic

#11B0B7 #1BE2EA #53E9EF #8BF0F4 #C3F7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#53E9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#53E9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53E9EF

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53E9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53E9EF	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CDF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53e9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 233, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.125 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96f0f4',
    500: '#53e9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53e9ef;
$custom-light: #96f0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53e9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85812,
    "c": 0.1247,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53E9EF

secondary

#B63530

accent

#0E06DF

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #53E9EF

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

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