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Recognised as Colour

#53AEA8

  • #53AEA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#53AEA8 is a cyan with RGB values 83, 174, 168 and HSL 176°, 36%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#53AEA8#53AEA8
HEX#53AEA8
RGBrgb(83, 174, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.6824, 0.6588
RGB percentages32.5%, 68.2%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(176, 36%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176, 52.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK52.3%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,484,200
CSS custom property--colour: #53AEA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34938WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.99:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#AC5157

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A6A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#969BA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#12B2ACno 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 text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9Cadetblue · ΔE 10.2Dark cyan · ΔE 14.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.1Teal · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE5359
Analogous#53AE7A, #5386AE
Triadic#A853AE, #AEA853
Split complementary#AE5386, #AE7A53
Tetradic#7B53AE, #AE5359, #87AE53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEEFEE
Lighter +30%#BBDFDD
Lighter +20%#98CFCB
Lighter +10%#76BEBA
Darker −10%#428C87
Darker −20%#326966
Darker −30%#214744
Darker −40%#112423
More saturated +25%#33CEC3
Less saturated −25%#738E8D

Channel breakdown

R83
G174
B168
Red83 (32.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue176.04°
Saturation (HSL)35.97%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 53 · G AE · B A8

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