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Colour

#53BDAD

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

#53BDAD is a cyan with RGB values 83, 189, 173 and HSL 171°, 45%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#53BDAD#53BDAD
HEX#53BDAD
RGBrgb(83, 189, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.7412, 0.6784
RGB percentages32.5%, 74.1%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(170.9, 44.5%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.9, 56.1%, 74.1%)
CMYK56.1%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,488,045
CSS custom property--colour: #53BDAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#AC4252

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B3ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A7AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 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 text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.5Turquoise · ΔE 14.9Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD5363
Analogous#53BD78, #5398BD
Triadic#AD53BD, #BDAD53
Split complementary#BD5398, #BD7853
Tetradic#7853BD, #BD5363, #98BD53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F6F3
Lighter +30%#C2E7E2
Lighter +20%#9DD9D0
Lighter +10%#78CBBF
Darker −10%#3DA091
Darker −20%#2F7B6F
Darker −30%#21564E
Darker −40%#13312D
More saturated +25%#35DBC2
Less saturated −25%#719F98

Channel breakdown

R83
G189
B173
Red83 (32.5%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue170.94°
Saturation (HSL)44.54%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 53 · G BD · B AD

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