Colour

#53AE99

#53AE99
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#53AE99 is a cyan with RGB values 83, 174, 153 and HSL 166°, 36%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#53AE99#53AE99

HEX#53AE99

RGBrgb(83, 174, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.6824, 0.6

RGB percentages32.5%, 68.2%, 60%

HSLhsl(166.2, 36%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(166.2, 52.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK52.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,484,185

CSS custom property--colour: #53AE99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1

Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#AC5166

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8A598no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#9A9A9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Tritanopia#26B0A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 17.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AE5368

Analogous#53AE6C, #5395AE

Triadic#9953AE, #AE9953

Split complementary#AE5395, #AE6C53

Tetradic#6C53AE, #AE5368, #95AE53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DEEFEB

Lighter +30%#BBDFD7

Lighter +20%#98CFC2

Lighter +10%#76BEAE

Darker −10%#428C7B

Darker −20%#32695D

Darker −30%#21473E

Darker −40%#112420

More saturated +25%#33CEAA

Less saturated −25%#738E88

Channel breakdown

R83

G174

B153

Red83 (32.5%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue166.15°

Saturation (HSL)35.97%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 53 · G AE · B 99

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