#53a3c3

Color #53a3c3

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 16.1 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#53a3c3

RGB

rgb(83, 163, 195)

HSL

hsl(197.1, 48.3%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.1, 57.4%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(63.32, -15.2, -23.86)

LCH

lch(63.32, 28.29, 237.5)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0913, 226.64)

HWB

hwb(197.1, 32.5%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c37353

Analogous

#53c3ab

#53a3c3

#536bc3

Triadic

#53a3c3

#c353a3

#a3c353

Split-complementary

#53a3c3

#c3536b

#c3ab53

Tetradic

#53a3c3

#7353c3

#c37353

#a3c353

Square

#53a3c3

#ab53c3

#c37353

#6bc353

Shades

Color #53a3c3 mixed toward black.

#3c8cac

#307089

#245467

#183845

#0c1c22

Tints

Color #53a3c3 mixed toward white.

#70b2cd

#8cc2d7

#a9d1e1

#c6e0eb

#e2f0f5

Tones

Color #53a3c3 mixed toward gray.

#5c9fba

#669bb0

#6f97a7

#78939e

#828f94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7ebc · ΔE 21.4

Deuteranopia

#7973ba · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#59b6b5 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #53a3c3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53a3c3]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#53a3c3 (#53a3c3) is rgb(83, 163, 195) in RGB.

No, #53a3c3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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