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Recognised as Colour

#53E6CD

  • #53E6CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#53E6CD is a cyan with RGB values 83, 230, 205 and HSL 170°, 75%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#53E6CD#53E6CD
HEX#53E6CD
RGBrgb(83, 230, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.902, 0.8039
RGB percentages32.5%, 90.2%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(169.8, 74.6%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.8, 63.9%, 90.2%)
CMYK63.9%, 0%, 10.9%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,498,573
CSS custom property--colour: #53E6CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.57:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#AC1932

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDD9CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7C9CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00EADEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.2Aquamarine · ΔE 12.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 17Aqua · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6536C
Analogous#53E684, #53B5E6
Triadic#CD53E6, #E6CD53
Split complementary#E653B5, #E68453
Tetradic#8453E6, #E6536C, #B6E653

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D9F9F4
Lighter +20%#ACF3E7
Lighter +10%#80ECDA
Darker −10%#26E0C0
Darker −20%#1BB89D
Darker −30%#148C77
Darker −40%#0E5F51
More saturated +25%#3AFFDD
Less saturated −25%#6CCDBD

Channel breakdown

R83
G230
B205
Red83 (32.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue169.8°
Saturation (HSL)74.62%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 53 · G E6 · B CD

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