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Recognised as Colour

#53D3CE

  • #53D3CE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#53D3CE is a cyan with RGB values 83, 211, 206 and HSL 178°, 59%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#53D3CE#53D3CE
HEX#53D3CE
RGBrgb(83, 211, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.8275, 0.8078
RGB percentages32.5%, 82.7%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(177.7, 59.3%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.7, 60.7%, 82.7%)
CMYK60.7%, 0%, 2.4%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,493,710
CSS custom property--colour: #53D3CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.58:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#AC2C31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7C9CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3BACFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 1.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.3Turquoise · ΔE 9.7Light seagreen · ΔE 12.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.6Aqua · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 1.68, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D35358
Analogous#53D38E, #5398D3
Triadic#CE53D3, #D3CE53
Split complementary#D35398, #D38E53
Tetradic#8E53D3, #D35358, #98D353

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5FDFC
Lighter +30%#CDF2F1
Lighter +20%#A4E8E5
Lighter +10%#7CDDDA
Darker −10%#31C1BC
Darker −20%#279994
Darker −30%#1D706D
Darker −40%#124846
More saturated +25%#38EEE7
Less saturated −25%#6EB8B5

Channel breakdown

R83
G211
B206
Red83 (32.5%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue177.66°
Saturation (HSL)59.26%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 53 · G D3 · B CE

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