#53d8e5

Color #53d8e5

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 9.99 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#53d8e5

RGB

rgb(83, 216, 229)

HSL

hsl(185.3, 73.7%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.3, 63.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.8%, 5.7%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(79.96, -31.98, -17.12)

LCH

lch(79.96, 36.27, 208.16)

OKLCH

oklch(81.5%, 0.1154, 204.3)

HWB

hwb(185.3, 32.5%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e56053

Analogous

#53e5a9

#53d8e5

#538fe5

Triadic

#53d8e5

#e553d8

#d8e553

Split-complementary

#53d8e5

#e5538f

#e5a953

Tetradic

#53d8e5

#6053e5

#e56053

#d8e553

Square

#53d8e5

#a953e5

#e56053

#8fe553

Shades

Color #53d8e5 mixed toward black.

#26cede

#1ba7b5

#157d88

#0e545a

#072a2d

Tints

Color #53d8e5 mixed toward white.

#70dfe9

#8ce5ee

#a9ecf2

#c6f2f6

#e2f9fb

Tones

Color #53d8e5 mixed toward gray.

#5fced9

#6bc4cd

#78bac1

#84b0b4

#90a6a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9fa0e2 · ΔE 30

Deuteranopia

#978de1 · ΔE 34

Tritanopia

#60dfdf · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #53d8e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53d8e5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#53d8e5 (#53d8e5) is rgb(83, 216, 229) in RGB.

No, #53d8e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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