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Recognised as Colour

#53BCFD

  • #53BCFD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#53BCFD is a blue with RGB values 83, 188, 253 and HSL 203°, 98%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#53BCFD#53BCFD
HEX#53BCFD
RGBrgb(83, 188, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.7373, 0.9922
RGB percentages32.5%, 73.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(202.9, 97.7%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.9, 67.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK67.2%, 25.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,487,869
CSS custom property--colour: #53BCFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.98:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#AC4302

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#87ABFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00CCD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.4Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2Sky blue · ΔE 21.1Steel blue · ΔE 23.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.1Light steelblue · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD9453
Analogous#53FDE9, #5367FD
Triadic#FD53BC, #BCFD53
Split complementary#FD5367, #FDE953
Tetradic#E953FD, #FD9453, #67FD53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAF7FF
Lighter +20%#B8E3FE
Lighter +10%#85D0FE
Darker −10%#21A8FC
Darker −20%#0390E7
Darker −30%#0271B5
Darker −40%#025182
More saturated +25%#51BCFF
Less saturated −25%#69B7E7

Channel breakdown

R83
G188
B253
Red83 (32.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue202.94°
Saturation (HSL)97.7%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G BC · B FD

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