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Recognised as Colour

#53BCB6

  • #53BCB6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#53BCB6 is a cyan with RGB values 83, 188, 182 and HSL 177°, 44%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#53BCB6#53BCB6
HEX#53BCB6
RGBrgb(83, 188, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.7373, 0.7137
RGB percentages32.5%, 73.7%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(176.6, 43.9%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.6, 55.9%, 73.7%)
CMYK55.9%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,487,798
CSS custom property--colour: #53BCB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.24:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#AC4349

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B3B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1A7B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C1BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 9Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.3Cadetblue · ΔE 15.1Turquoise · ΔE 16.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC5359
Analogous#53BC81, #538EBC
Triadic#B653BC, #BCB653
Split complementary#BC538E, #BC8153
Tetradic#8153BC, #BC5359, #8EBC53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F5F4
Lighter +30%#C1E7E5
Lighter +20%#9CD9D5
Lighter +10%#78CAC6
Darker −10%#3E9E99
Darker −20%#2F7A75
Darker −30%#215552
Darker −40%#13302F
More saturated +25%#35DAD0
Less saturated −25%#719E9C

Channel breakdown

R83
G188
B182
Red83 (32.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue176.57°
Saturation (HSL)43.93%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 53 · G BC · B B6

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