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Colour

#53D5C2

  • #53D5C2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#53D5C2 is a cyan with RGB values 83, 213, 194 and HSL 171°, 61%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#53D5C2#53D5C2
HEX#53D5C2
RGBrgb(83, 213, 194)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.8353, 0.7608
RGB percentages32.5%, 83.5%, 76.1%
HSLhsl(171.2, 60.7%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.2, 61%, 83.5%)
CMYK61%, 0%, 8.9%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,494,210
CSS custom property--colour: #53D5C2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53323WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.66:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#AC2A3D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCC9C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BBC4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.6Light seagreen · ΔE 13.5Aquamarine · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D55366
Analogous#53D581, #53A7D5
Triadic#C253D5, #D5C253
Split complementary#D553A7, #D58153
Tetradic#8153D5, #D55366, #A7D553

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7FDFC
Lighter +30%#CEF3EE
Lighter +20%#A5E9DF
Lighter +10%#7CDFD1
Darker −10%#30C5AF
Darker −20%#269C8B
Darker −30%#1C7366
Darker −40%#124A42
More saturated +25%#38F0D5
Less saturated −25%#6EBAAF

Channel breakdown

R83
G213
B194
Red83 (32.5%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue194 (76.1%)
Hue171.23°
Saturation (HSL)60.75%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 53 · G D5 · B C2

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