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#53E5CA

#53e5ca ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#53e5ca is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.55% red, 89.8% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.76% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.79% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 168.9°, with 73.74% saturation and 61.18% 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 13.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 3.7.

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Relative luminance0.6214

Complementary

  1. #53e5ca
  2. #e5536e

Split complementary

  1. #53e5ca
  2. #e553b7
  3. #e58153

Analogous

  1. #53e581
  2. #53e5ca
  3. #53b7e5

Triadic

  1. #53e5ca
  2. #ca53e5
  3. #e5ca53

Tetradic

  1. #53e5ca
  2. #536ee5
  3. #e5536e
  4. #e5ca53

Square

  1. #53e5ca
  2. #8153e5
  3. #e5536e
  4. #b7e553

Monochromatic

  1. #158a74
  2. #1fcdac
  3. #53e5ca
  4. #95efde
  5. #d8f9f3

Shades

#53e5ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #53e5ca
  2. #4bceb6
  3. #42b7a2
  4. #3aa08d
  5. #328979
  6. #2a7365
  7. #215c51
  8. #19453d
  9. #112e28
  10. #081714
  11. #000000

Tints

#53e5ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #53e5ca
  2. #64e8cf
  3. #75ead5
  4. #87edda
  5. #98efdf
  6. #a9f2e5
  7. #baf5ea
  8. #cbf7ef
  9. #ddfaf4
  10. #eefcfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#53e5ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #53e5ca
  2. #58dbc3
  3. #5cd1bb
  4. #61c7b4
  5. #65bdac
  6. #6ab3a5
  7. #6ea89e
  8. #739e96
  9. #77948f
  10. #7c8a87
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abd8cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcd8c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7c8cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e8dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5ddc9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5d4cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #01e7d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-53e5ca {
  color: #53e5ca;
}
Background
.bg-53e5ca {
  background-color: #53e5ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-53e5ca {
  border: 2px solid #53e5ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #53e5ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 83 229 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 169 74% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-53e5ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #53e5ca, #53b7e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-53e5ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(83 229 202 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 3.70 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.97 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.02 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 7.20 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 7.39 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.28 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.10 #ac1a35 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Turquoise
#53e5ca  rgb(83, 229, 202)  hsl(169, 74%, 61%)  Turquoise
#e5536e  rgb(229, 83, 110)  hsl(349, 74%, 61%)  Neon Fuchsia
#ca53e5  rgb(202, 83, 229)  hsl(289, 74%, 61%)  Medium Orchid
#e5ca53  rgb(229, 202, 83)  hsl(49, 74%, 61%)  Naples Yellow