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Recognised as Colour

#53D0FF

  • #53D0FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#53D0FF is a cyan with RGB values 83, 208, 255 and HSL 196°, 100%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#53D0FF#53D0FF
HEX#53D0FF
RGBrgb(83, 208, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.8157, 1
RGB percentages32.5%, 81.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(196.4, 100%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 67.5%, 100%)
CMYK67.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,492,991
CSS custom property--colour: #53D0FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54171WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.83:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#AC2F00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7CCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FBBFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00DEDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.5Sky blue · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 24.2Light steelblue · ΔE 26.1Powder blue · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8253
Analogous#53FFD8, #537AFF
Triadic#FF53D0, #D0FF53
Split complementary#FF537A, #FFD853
Tetradic#D853FF, #FF8253, #7AFF53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECFAFF
Lighter +20%#B9ECFF
Lighter +10%#86DEFF
Darker −10%#20C2FF
Darker −20%#00ACEC
Darker −30%#0086B9
Darker −40%#006186
More saturated +25%#53D0FF
Less saturated −25%#68C6EA

Channel breakdown

R83
G208
B255
Red83 (32.5%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue196.4°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G D0 · B FF

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