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Recognised as Colour

#53BCD8

  • #53BCD8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#53BCD8 is a cyan with RGB values 83, 188, 216 and HSL 193°, 63%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#53BCD8#53BCD8
HEX#53BCD8
RGBrgb(83, 188, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.7373, 0.8471
RGB percentages32.5%, 73.7%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(192.6, 63%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.6, 61.6%, 84.7%)
CMYK61.6%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,487,832
CSS custom property--colour: #53BCD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.55:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#AC4327

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB7DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#97A9D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.7Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9Cadetblue · ΔE 18.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.9Light blue · ΔE 20.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D86F53
Analogous#53D8B2, #537AD8
Triadic#D853BC, #BCD853
Split complementary#D85379, #D8B253
Tetradic#B253D8, #D86F53, #7AD853

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FDFE
Lighter +30%#D0EDF4
Lighter +20%#A6DCEB
Lighter +10%#7DCCE1
Darker −10%#2EA9CA
Darker −20%#2486A1
Darker −30%#1B6477
Darker −40%#12414D
More saturated +25%#39CBF2
Less saturated −25%#6DADBE

Channel breakdown

R83
G188
B216
Red83 (32.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue192.63°
Saturation (HSL)63.03%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G BC · B D8

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