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Recognised as Colour

#53A99B

  • #53A99B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#53A99B is a cyan with RGB values 83, 169, 155 and HSL 170°, 34%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#53A99B#53A99B
HEX#53A99B
RGBrgb(83, 169, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.6627, 0.6078
RGB percentages32.5%, 66.3%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(170.2, 34.1%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.2, 50.9%, 66.3%)
CMYK50.9%, 0%, 8.3%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,482,907
CSS custom property--colour: #53A99B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32581WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.52:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#AC5664

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A19Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#95969Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#26ACA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10Cadetblue · ΔE 12.2Dark cyan · ΔE 14.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.4Teal · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A95361
Analogous#53A970, #538CA9
Triadic#9B53A9, #A99B53
Split complementary#A9538C, #A97053
Tetradic#7053A9, #A95361, #8CA953

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBEDEA
Lighter +30%#B9DCD7
Lighter +20%#96CCC3
Lighter +10%#74BBAF
Darker −10%#42877C
Darker −20%#31655C
Darker −30%#21423D
Darker −40%#10201E
More saturated +25%#34C9B0
Less saturated −25%#738A86

Channel breakdown

R83
G169
B155
Red83 (32.5%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue170.23°
Saturation (HSL)34.13%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 53 · G A9 · B 9B

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