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Recognised as Colour

#53BEE1

  • #53BEE1
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#53BEE1 is a cyan with RGB values 83, 190, 225 and HSL 195°, 70%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#53BEE1#53BEE1
HEX#53BEE1
RGBrgb(83, 190, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.7451, 0.8824
RGB percentages32.5%, 74.5%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(194.8, 70.3%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.8, 63.1%, 88.2%)
CMYK63.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,488,353
CSS custom property--colour: #53BEE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.82:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#AC411E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AABAE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#96ABE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.3Light skyblue · ΔE 12.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.1Light blue · ΔE 21.2Cadetblue · ΔE 22.2Light steelblue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E17653
Analogous#53E1BD, #5377E1
Triadic#E153BE, #BEE153
Split complementary#E15377, #E1BD53
Tetradic#BD53E1, #E17653, #77E153

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D5EFF8
Lighter +20%#AADFF0
Lighter +10%#7ECEE9
Darker −10%#28AED9
Darker −20%#1F8CAF
Darker −30%#176984
Darker −40%#0F4759
More saturated +25%#3ACBFA
Less saturated −25%#6CB1C8

Channel breakdown

R83
G190
B225
Red83 (32.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue194.79°
Saturation (HSL)70.3%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G BE · B E1

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