#53acbd

Color #53acbd

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.65 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#53acbd

RGB

rgb(83, 172, 189)

HSL

hsl(189.6, 44.5%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.6, 56.1%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.1%, 9%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(65.76, -21.71, -16.8)

LCH

lch(65.76, 27.45, 217.73)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0882, 211.8)

HWB

hwb(189.6, 32.5%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bd6453

Analogous

#53bd99

#53acbd

#5377bd

Triadic

#53acbd

#bd53ac

#acbd53

Split-complementary

#53acbd

#bd5377

#bd9953

Tetradic

#53acbd

#6453bd

#bd6453

#acbd53

Square

#53acbd

#9953bd

#bd6453

#77bd53

Shades

Color #53acbd mixed toward black.

#3f94a4

#327683

#265962

#193b41

#0d1e21

Tints

Color #53acbd mixed toward white.

#70bac8

#8cc8d3

#a9d5de

#c6e3e9

#e2f1f4

Tones

Color #53acbd mixed toward gray.

#5ca6b4

#65a0ab

#6d9aa2

#76949a

#7f8e91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8384b9 · ΔE 25.2

Deuteranopia

#7e77b8 · ΔE 27.8

Tritanopia

#5ab6b5 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 19.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #53acbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53acbd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#53acbd (#53acbd) is rgb(83, 172, 189) in RGB.

No, #53acbd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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