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#53D4FF

#53d4ff ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#53d4ff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.55% red, 83.14% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.45% cyan, 16.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 195°, with 100% saturation and 66.27% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 5.19.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.5615

Complementary

  1. #53d4ff
  2. #ff7e53

Split complementary

  1. #53d4ff
  2. #ff537e
  3. #ffd453

Analogous

  1. #53ffd4
  2. #53d4ff
  3. #537eff

Triadic

  1. #53d4ff
  2. #ff53d4
  3. #d4ff53

Tetradic

  1. #53d4ff
  2. #7e53ff
  3. #ff7e53
  4. #d4ff53

Square

  1. #53d4ff
  2. #d453ff
  3. #ff7e53
  4. #7eff53

Monochromatic

  1. #008bb9
  2. #06c1ff
  3. #53d4ff
  4. #9fe7ff
  5. #ebfaff

Shades

#53d4ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #53d4ff
  2. #4bbfe6
  3. #42aacc
  4. #3a94b3
  5. #327f99
  6. #2a6a80
  7. #215566
  8. #19404d
  9. #112a33
  10. #08151a
  11. #000000

Tints

#53d4ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #53d4ff
  2. #64d8ff
  3. #75ddff
  4. #87e1ff
  5. #98e5ff
  6. #a9eaff
  7. #baeeff
  8. #cbf2ff
  9. #ddf6ff
  10. #eefbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#53d4ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #53d4ff
  2. #58ccf2
  3. #5cc3e6
  4. #61bbd9
  5. #65b2cc
  6. #6aaac0
  7. #6ea2b3
  8. #7399a6
  9. #779199
  10. #7c888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4cbdf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bccfff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4beff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e1e2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9dd1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8bc7ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dcee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-53d4ff {
  color: #53d4ff;
}
Background
.bg-53d4ff {
  background-color: #53d4ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-53d4ff {
  border: 2px solid #53d4ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #53d4ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 83 212 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-53d4ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #53d4ff, #537eff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-53d4ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(83 212 255 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.19 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.20 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.33 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.24 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.60 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.25 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.80 #ac2b00 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#53d4ff  rgb(83, 212, 255)  hsl(195, 100%, 66%)  Sky Blue
#ff7e53  rgb(255, 126, 83)  hsl(15, 100%, 66%)  Coral
#ff53d4  rgb(255, 83, 212)  hsl(315, 100%, 66%)  Rose Pink
#d4ff53  rgb(212, 255, 83)  hsl(75, 100%, 66%)  Electric Lime