#53bec6

Color #53bec6

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 11.79 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#53bec6

RGB

rgb(83, 190, 198)

HSL

hsl(184.2, 50.2%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.2, 58.1%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.1%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(71.38, -28.18, -13.29)

LCH

lch(71.38, 31.16, 205.25)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0981, 202.04)

HWB

hwb(184.2, 32.5%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c65b53

Analogous

#53c695

#53bec6

#5384c6

Triadic

#53bec6

#c653be

#bec653

Split-complementary

#53bec6

#c65384

#c69553

Tetradic

#53bec6

#5b53c6

#c65b53

#bec653

Square

#53bec6

#9553c6

#c65b53

#84c653

Shades

Color #53bec6 mixed toward black.

#3aa8b0

#2f868d

#23656a

#174346

#0c2223

Tints

Color #53bec6 mixed toward white.

#70c9cf

#8cd4d9

#a9dee2

#c6e9ec

#e2f4f5

Tones

Color #53bec6 mixed toward gray.

#5db6bc

#66adb3

#70a5a9

#799da0

#839596

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8fc4 · ΔE 28.3

Deuteranopia

#8880c4 · ΔE 31.7

Tritanopia

#5cc3c2 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #53bec6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53bec6]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#53bec6 (#53bec6) is rgb(83, 190, 198) in RGB.

No, #53bec6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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