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Recognised as Colour

#53DAFF

  • #53DAFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#53DAFF is a cyan with RGB values 83, 218, 255 and HSL 193°, 100%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#53DAFF#53DAFF
HEX#53DAFF
RGBrgb(83, 218, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.8549, 1
RGB percentages32.5%, 85.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(192.9, 100%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 67.5%, 100%)
CMYK67.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,495,551
CSS custom property--colour: #53DAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.84:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#AC2500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3D4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABC3FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00E6E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.1Light skyblue · ΔE 14.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 22Light blue · ΔE 22.6Powder blue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF7853
Analogous#53FFCE, #5384FF
Triadic#FF53DA, #DAFF53
Split complementary#FF5384, #FFCE53
Tetradic#CE53FF, #FF7853, #84FF53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECFBFF
Lighter +20%#B9F0FF
Lighter +10%#86E5FF
Darker −10%#20CFFF
Darker −20%#00B9EC
Darker −30%#0091B9
Darker −40%#006986
More saturated +25%#53DAFF
Less saturated −25%#68CEEA

Channel breakdown

R83
G218
B255
Red83 (32.5%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue192.91°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G DA · B FF

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