#53aede

Color #53aede

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 12.43 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#53aede

RGB

rgb(83, 174, 222)

HSL

hsl(200.7, 67.8%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.7, 62.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(67.56, -12.77, -32.26)

LCH

lch(67.56, 34.7, 248.4)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.1112, 234.37)

HWB

hwb(200.7, 32.5%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de8353

Analogous

#53dec8

#53aede

#5369de

Triadic

#53aede

#de53ae

#aede53

Split-complementary

#53aede

#de5369

#dec853

Tetradic

#53aede

#8353de

#de8353

#aede53

Square

#53aede

#c853de

#de8353

#69de53

Shades

Color #53aede mixed toward black.

#299ad5

#217bab

#195c80

#103e55

#081f2b

Tints

Color #53aede mixed toward white.

#70bce3

#8cc9e9

#a9d7ee

#c6e4f4

#e2f2f9

Tones

Color #53aede mixed toward gray.

#5faad2

#6aa7c7

#76a3bb

#81a0b0

#8d9ca4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485d4 · ΔE 20.8

Deuteranopia

#7f78d1 · ΔE 23.7

Tritanopia

#5acbc9 · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #53aede;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53aede]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#53aede (#53aede) is rgb(83, 174, 222) in RGB.

No, #53aede is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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