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#53DCBB

#53dcbb ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#53dcbb is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.55% red, 86.27% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.27% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 165.55°, with 66.18% saturation and 59.41% 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 12.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 4.37.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.5661

Complementary

  1. #53dcbb
  2. #dc5374

Split complementary

  1. #53dcbb
  2. #dc53b8
  3. #dc7753

Analogous

  1. #53dc77
  2. #53dcbb
  3. #53b8dc

Triadic

  1. #53dcbb
  2. #bb53dc
  3. #dcbb53

Tetradic

  1. #53dcbb
  2. #5374dc
  3. #dc5374
  4. #dcbb53

Square

  1. #53dcbb
  2. #7753dc
  3. #dc5374
  4. #b8dc53

Monochromatic

  1. #197d65
  2. #26bc98
  3. #53dcbb
  4. #93e9d4
  5. #d2f6ed

Shades

#53dcbb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #53dcbb
  2. #4bc6a8
  3. #42b096
  4. #3a9a83
  5. #328470
  6. #2a6e5e
  7. #21584b
  8. #194238
  9. #112c25
  10. #081613
  11. #000000

Tints

#53dcbb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #53dcbb
  2. #64e0c2
  3. #75e3c9
  4. #87e7cf
  5. #98ead6
  6. #a9eedd
  7. #baf1e4
  8. #cbf5eb
  9. #ddf8f1
  10. #eefcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#53dcbb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #53dcbb
  2. #58d3b5
  3. #5ccaaf
  4. #61c0a9
  5. #65b7a3
  6. #6aae9e
  7. #6ea598
  8. #739c92
  9. #77928c
  10. #7c8986
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5cfc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5cfb9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1c0bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ded2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0d4ba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1ccbc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1fddc9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-53dcbb {
  color: #53dcbb;
}
Background
.bg-53dcbb {
  background-color: #53dcbb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-53dcbb {
  border: 2px solid #53dcbb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #53dcbb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 83 220 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 166 66% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-53dcbb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #53dcbb, #53b8dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-53dcbb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(83 220 187 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 4.37 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.67 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.85 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 8.24 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 8.34 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.42 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.29 #ac2344 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#53dcbb  rgb(83, 220, 187)  hsl(166, 66%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#dc5374  rgb(220, 83, 116)  hsl(346, 66%, 59%)  Blush
#bb53dc  rgb(187, 83, 220)  hsl(286, 66%, 59%)  Medium Orchid
#dcbb53  rgb(220, 187, 83)  hsl(46, 66%, 59%)  Old Gold