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Recognised as Colour

#53ECFF

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

#53ECFF is a cyan with RGB values 83, 236, 255 and HSL 187°, 100%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#53ECFF#53ECFF
HEX#53ECFF
RGBrgb(83, 236, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.9255, 1
RGB percentages32.5%, 92.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(186.6, 100%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.6, 67.5%, 100%)
CMYK67.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,500,159
CSS custom property--colour: #53ECFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.81:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#AC1300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9E3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0D1FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00F6F2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.2Aqua · ΔE 16.3Cyan · ΔE 16.3Turquoise · ΔE 20.4Sky blue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 14.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF6653
Analogous#53FFBC, #5396FF
Triadic#FF53EC, #ECFF53
Split complementary#FF5396, #FFBC53
Tetradic#BC53FF, #FF6653, #96FF53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECFDFF
Lighter +20%#B9F7FF
Lighter +10%#86F2FF
Darker −10%#20E6FF
Darker −20%#00D2EC
Darker −30%#00A5B9
Darker −40%#007786
More saturated +25%#53ECFF
Less saturated −25%#68DBEA

Channel breakdown

R83
G236
B255
Red83 (32.5%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue186.63°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G EC · B FF

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