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Recognised as Colour

#53D3AD

  • #53D3AD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#53D3AD is a cyan with RGB values 83, 211, 173 and HSL 162°, 59%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#53D3AD#53D3AD
HEX#53D3AD
RGBrgb(83, 211, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.8275, 0.6784
RGB percentages32.5%, 82.7%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(162.2, 59.3%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.2, 60.7%, 82.7%)
CMYK60.7%, 0%, 18%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,493,677
CSS custom property--colour: #53D3AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51445WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.29:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#AC2C52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDC6ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBB8B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00D4C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 6.1Turquoise · ΔE 13.2Aquamarine · ΔE 15.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1Light seagreen · ΔE 19.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 6.1, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D35379
Analogous#53D36D, #53B9D3
Triadic#AD53D3, #D3AD53
Split complementary#D353B9, #D36D53
Tetradic#6D53D3, #D35379, #B9D353

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5FDFA
Lighter +30%#CDF2E7
Lighter +20%#A4E8D4
Lighter +10%#7CDDC0
Darker −10%#31C197
Darker −20%#279977
Darker −30%#1D7057
Darker −40%#124838
More saturated +25%#38EEB8
Less saturated −25%#6EB8A2

Channel breakdown

R83
G211
B173
Red83 (32.5%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue162.19°
Saturation (HSL)59.26%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 53 · G D3 · B AD

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