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Recognised as Colour

#53E8FF

  • #53E8FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#53E8FF is a cyan with RGB values 83, 232, 255 and HSL 188°, 100%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#53E8FF#53E8FF
HEX#53E8FF
RGBrgb(83, 232, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.9098, 1
RGB percentages32.5%, 91%, 100%
HSLhsl(188, 100%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188, 67.5%, 100%)
CMYK67.5%, 9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,499,135
CSS custom property--colour: #53E8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.35:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#AC1700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4E0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBCEFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00F2EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 18.4Aqua · ΔE 19Cyan · ΔE 19Pale turquoise · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 15.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF6A53
Analogous#53FFC0, #5392FF
Triadic#FF53E8, #E8FF53
Split complementary#FF5392, #FFC053
Tetradic#C053FF, #FF6A53, #92FF53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECFCFF
Lighter +20%#B9F6FF
Lighter +10%#86EFFF
Darker −10%#20E1FF
Darker −20%#00CCEC
Darker −30%#00A0B9
Darker −40%#007486
More saturated +25%#53E8FF
Less saturated −25%#68D8EA

Channel breakdown

R83
G232
B255
Red83 (32.5%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue188.02°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G E8 · B FF

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