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Recognised as Colour

#53DEFE

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

#53DEFE is a cyan with RGB values 83, 222, 254 and HSL 191°, 99%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#53DEFE#53DEFE
HEX#53DEFE
RGBrgb(83, 222, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.8706, 0.9961
RGB percentages32.5%, 87.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(191.2, 98.8%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.2, 67.3%, 99.6%)
CMYK67.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,496,574
CSS custom property--colour: #53DEFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61237WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.25:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#AC2101

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0C6FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#00EAE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.2Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.4Light blue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE7353
Analogous#53FEC8, #5389FE
Triadic#FE53DE, #DEFE53
Split complementary#FE5389, #FEC853
Tetradic#C953FE, #FE7353, #89FE53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBFBFF
Lighter +20%#B8F1FF
Lighter +10%#86E8FE
Darker −10%#20D4FE
Darker −20%#01BEEA
Darker −30%#0195B7
Darker −40%#016C84
More saturated +25%#52DFFF
Less saturated −25%#69D0E8

Channel breakdown

R83
G222
B254
Red83 (32.5%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue191.23°
Saturation (HSL)98.84%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G DE · B FE

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