#53aedb

Color #53aedb

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 12.82 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#53aedb

RGB

rgb(83, 174, 219)

HSL

hsl(199.9, 65.4%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.9, 62.1%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(67.44, -13.71, -30.8)

LCH

lch(67.44, 33.71, 246)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.1084, 232.64)

HWB

hwb(199.9, 32.5%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#db8053

Analogous

#53dbc4

#53aedb

#536adb

Triadic

#53aedb

#db53ae

#aedb53

Split-complementary

#53aedb

#db536a

#dbc453

Tetradic

#53aedb

#8053db

#db8053

#aedb53

Square

#53aedb

#c453db

#db8053

#6adb53

Shades

Color #53aedb mixed toward black.

#2c99d0

#237ba6

#1a5c7d

#113d53

#091f2a

Tints

Color #53aedb mixed toward white.

#70bbe1

#8cc9e7

#a9d6ed

#c6e4f3

#e2f1f9

Tones

Color #53aedb mixed toward gray.

#5eaad0

#6aa6c4

#75a2b9

#809fae

#8c9ba2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485d1 · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#7f78cf · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#5ac9c7 · ΔE 17.8

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 19.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #53aedb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53aedb]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#53aedb (#53aedb) is rgb(83, 174, 219) in RGB.

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

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