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Recognised as Colour

#53CBE4

  • #53CBE4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#53CBE4 is a cyan with RGB values 83, 203, 228 and HSL 190°, 73%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#53CBE4#53CBE4
HEX#53CBE4
RGBrgb(83, 203, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.7961, 0.8941
RGB percentages32.5%, 79.6%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(190.3, 72.9%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.3, 63.6%, 89.4%)
CMYK63.6%, 11%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,491,684
CSS custom property--colour: #53CBE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#AC341B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9C5E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B5E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D5D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.6Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1Light blue · ΔE 20.1Powder blue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E46C53
Analogous#53E4B5, #5382E4
Triadic#E453CB, #CBE453
Split complementary#E45382, #E4B553
Tetradic#B553E4, #E46C53, #82E453

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D7F3F9
Lighter +20%#ABE6F2
Lighter +10%#7FD8EB
Darker −10%#27BEDD
Darker −20%#1C9AB5
Darker −30%#157589
Darker −40%#0F4F5C
More saturated +25%#3ADBFD
Less saturated −25%#6CBBCB

Channel breakdown

R83
G203
B228
Red83 (32.5%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue190.34°
Saturation (HSL)72.86%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G CB · B E4

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