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Recognised as Colour

#53BAA8

  • #53BAA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#53BAA8 is a cyan with RGB values 83, 186, 168 and HSL 170°, 43%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#53BAA8#53BAA8
HEX#53BAA8
RGBrgb(83, 186, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.7294, 0.6588
RGB percentages32.5%, 72.9%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(169.5, 42.7%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.5, 55.4%, 72.9%)
CMYK55.4%, 0%, 9.7%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,487,272
CSS custom property--colour: #53BAA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.96:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#AC4557

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B0A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3A4AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Tritanopia#03BDB4no 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 text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.9Turquoise · ΔE 16Cadetblue · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA5365
Analogous#53BA75, #5399BA
Triadic#A853BA, #BAA853
Split complementary#BA5399, #BA7553
Tetradic#7553BA, #BA5365, #99BA53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5F4F2
Lighter +30%#C0E6DF
Lighter +20%#9CD7CD
Lighter +10%#77C9BA
Darker −10%#3E9C8B
Darker −20%#30776B
Darker −30%#21534A
Darker −40%#132E2A
More saturated +25%#35D8BC
Less saturated −25%#719C94

Channel breakdown

R83
G186
B168
Red83 (32.5%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue169.51°
Saturation (HSL)42.74%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 53 · G BA · B A8

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