#53cdcc

Color #53cdcc

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 3.96 Nearest Tailwind class teal-400 #00d5be · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#53cdcc

RGB

rgb(83, 205, 204)

HSL

hsl(179.5, 55%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(179.5, 59.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(75.98, -33.73, -9.66)

LCH

lch(75.98, 35.09, 195.98)

OKLCH

oklch(78%, 0.1077, 194.41)

HWB

hwb(179.5, 32.5%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd5354

Analogous

#53cd8f

#53cdcc

#5391cd

Triadic

#53cdcc

#cc53cd

#cdcc53

Split-complementary

#53cdcc

#cd5391

#cd8f53

Tetradic

#53cdcc

#5354cd

#cd5354

#cdcc53

Square

#53cdcc

#8f53cd

#cd5354

#91cd53

Shades

Color #53cdcc mixed toward black.

#36bab9

#2b9594

#20706f

#164a4a

#0b2525

Tints

Color #53cdcc mixed toward white.

#70d5d5

#8cdedd

#a9e6e6

#c6eeee

#e2f7f7

Tones

Color #53cdcc mixed toward gray.

#5dc3c2

#67b9b8

#72afae

#7ca4a4

#869a9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899cc · ΔE 30.3

Deuteranopia

#9187cc · ΔE 34.8

Tritanopia

#5ecccc · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #53cdcc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53cdcc]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#53cdcc (#53cdcc) is rgb(83, 205, 204) in RGB.

No, #53cdcc 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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