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#53CCBC

#53ccbc ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#53ccbc is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.55% red, 80% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.31% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.84% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 172.07°, with 54.26% saturation and 56.27% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 4.19.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.4866

Complementary

  1. #53ccbc
  2. #cc5363

Split complementary

  1. #53ccbc
  2. #cc539f
  3. #cc7f53

Analogous

  1. #53cc7f
  2. #53ccbc
  3. #539fcc

Triadic

  1. #53ccbc
  2. #bc53cc
  3. #ccbc53

Tetradic

  1. #53ccbc
  2. #5363cc
  3. #cc5363
  4. #ccbc53

Square

  1. #53ccbc
  2. #7f53cc
  3. #cc5363
  4. #9fcc53

Monochromatic

  1. #1f675e
  2. #30a293
  3. #53ccbc
  4. #8eddd3
  5. #c9efea

Shades

#53ccbc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #53ccbc
  2. #4bb8a9
  3. #42a396
  4. #3a8f84
  5. #327a71
  6. #2a665e
  7. #21524b
  8. #193d38
  9. #112926
  10. #081413
  11. #000000

Tints

#53ccbc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #53ccbc
  2. #64d1c3
  3. #75d6c9
  4. #87dbd0
  5. #98e0d7
  6. #a9e6de
  7. #baebe4
  8. #cbf0eb
  9. #ddf5f2
  10. #eefaf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#53ccbc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #53ccbc
  2. #58c4b6
  3. #5cbdb0
  4. #61b5aa
  5. #65aea4
  6. #6aa69e
  7. #6e9e98
  8. #739792
  9. #778f8c
  10. #7c8886
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9bc1ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3c1bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0b4be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d0c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2c6bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94bebd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #24cec3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-53ccbc {
  color: #53ccbc;
}
Background
.bg-53ccbc {
  background-color: #53ccbc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-53ccbc {
  border: 2px solid #53ccbc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #53ccbc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 83 204 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 172 54% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-53ccbc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #53ccbc, #539fcc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-53ccbc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(83 204 188 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.19 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.94 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.08 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.50 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 6.58 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.00 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.44 #ac3343 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#53ccbc  rgb(83, 204, 188)  hsl(172, 54%, 56%)  Medium Turquoise
#cc5363  rgb(204, 83, 99)  hsl(352, 54%, 56%)  Brick Red
#bc53cc  rgb(188, 83, 204)  hsl(292, 54%, 56%)  Medium Orchid
#ccbc53  rgb(204, 188, 83)  hsl(52, 54%, 56%)  Vegas Gold