Recognised as Colour

#53E4FE

#53E4FE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#53E4FE is a cyan with RGB values 83, 228, 254 and HSL 189°, 99%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#53E4FE#53E4FE

HEX#53E4FE

RGBrgb(83, 228, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.8941, 0.9961

RGB percentages32.5%, 89.4%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(189.1, 98.8%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.1, 67.3%, 99.6%)

CMYK67.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,498,110

CSS custom property--colour: #53E4FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.9:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#AC1B01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFDCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7CAFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00EFECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 16.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 20.7 Aqua · ΔE 21.3 Cyan · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 16.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FE6D53

Analogous#53FEC3, #538EFE

Triadic#FE53E4, #E4FE53

Split complementary#FE538E, #FEC353

Tetradic#C353FE, #FE6D53, #8EFE53

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBFCFF

Lighter +20%#B8F4FF

Lighter +10%#86ECFE

Darker −10%#20DCFE

Darker −20%#01C6EA

Darker −30%#019BB7

Darker −40%#017084

More saturated +25%#52E5FF

Less saturated −25%#69D5E8

Channel breakdown

R83

G228

B254

Red83 (32.5%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue189.12°

Saturation (HSL)98.84%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 53 · G E4 · B FE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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