Recognised as Colour

#53D9E1

#53D9E1
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#53D9E1 is a cyan with RGB values 83, 217, 225 and HSL 183°, 70%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#53D9E1#53D9E1

HEX#53D9E1

RGBrgb(83, 217, 225)

RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.851, 0.8824

RGB percentages32.5%, 85.1%, 88.2%

HSLhsl(183.4, 70.3%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.4, 63.1%, 88.2%)

CMYK63.1%, 3.6%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,495,265

CSS custom property--colour: #53D9E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56901WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.38:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#AC261E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CAD0E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4C0E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00E1DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.2 Turquoise · ΔE 15 Light seagreen · ΔE 17.1 Aqua · ΔE 18.2 Cyan · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.09, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E15B53

Analogous#53E1A2, #5392E1

Triadic#E153D9, #D9E153

Split complementary#E15392, #E1A253

Tetradic#A253E1, #E15B53, #92E153

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D5F6F8

Lighter +20%#AAECF0

Lighter +10%#7EE3E9

Darker −10%#28CFD9

Darker −20%#1FA7AF

Darker −30%#177E84

Darker −40%#0F5459

More saturated +25%#3AEFFA

Less saturated −25%#6CC3C8

Channel breakdown

R83

G217

B225

Red83 (32.5%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue225 (88.2%)

Hue183.38°

Saturation (HSL)70.3%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 53 · G D9 · B E1

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