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Recognised as Colour

#53ABA3

  • #53ABA3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#53ABA3 is a cyan with RGB values 83, 171, 163 and HSL 175°, 35%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#53ABA3#53ABA3
HEX#53ABA3
RGBrgb(83, 171, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.6706, 0.6392
RGB percentages32.5%, 67.1%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(174.5, 34.6%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.5, 51.5%, 67.1%)
CMYK51.5%, 0%, 4.7%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,483,427
CSS custom property--colour: #53ABA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.72:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#AC545C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A3A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9598A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#1CAFA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.5Cadetblue · ΔE 10Dark cyan · ΔE 13.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.8Teal · ΔE 17Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB535B
Analogous#53AB77, #5387AB
Triadic#A353AB, #ABA353
Split complementary#AB5387, #AB7753
Tetradic#7753AB, #AB535B, #87AB53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCEEEC
Lighter +30%#BADDDA
Lighter +20%#97CDC8
Lighter +10%#75BCB6
Darker −10%#428982
Darker −20%#326662
Darker −30%#214441
Darker −40%#102220
More saturated +25%#33CBBD
Less saturated −25%#738B89

Channel breakdown

R83
G171
B163
Red83 (32.5%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue174.55°
Saturation (HSL)34.65%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 53 · G AB · B A3

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