#53c3cd

Color #53c3cd

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 11.35 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#53c3cd

RGB

rgb(83, 195, 205)

HSL

hsl(184.9, 55%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.9, 59.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(73.07, -28.66, -14.56)

LCH

lch(73.07, 32.15, 206.93)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.1017, 203.34)

HWB

hwb(184.9, 32.5%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd5d53

Analogous

#53cd9a

#53c3cd

#5386cd

Triadic

#53c3cd

#cd53c3

#c3cd53

Split-complementary

#53c3cd

#cd5386

#cd9a53

Tetradic

#53c3cd

#5d53cd

#cd5d53

#c3cd53

Square

#53c3cd

#9a53cd

#cd5d53

#86cd53

Shades

Color #53c3cd mixed toward black.

#36afba

#2b8c95

#206970

#16464a

#0b2325

Tints

Color #53c3cd mixed toward white.

#70cdd5

#8cd7de

#a9e1e6

#c6ebee

#e2f5f7

Tones

Color #53c3cd mixed toward gray.

#5dbbc3

#67b2b9

#72aaaf

#7ca1a4

#86999a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292cb · ΔE 28.7

Deuteranopia

#8b82ca · ΔE 32.1

Tritanopia

#5dc9c8 · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #53c3cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53c3cd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#53c3cd (#53c3cd) is rgb(83, 195, 205) in RGB.

No, #53c3cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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