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Recognised as Colour

#23ABAD

  • #23ABAD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#23ABAD is a cyan with RGB values 35, 171, 173 and HSL 181°, 66%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#23ABAD#23ABAD
HEX#23ABAD
RGBrgb(35, 171, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.6706, 0.6784
RGB percentages13.7%, 67.1%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(180.9, 66.3%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.9, 79.8%, 67.8%)
CMYK79.8%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,337,709
CSS custom property--colour: #23ABAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.325WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.5:1
Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#DC5452

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA2ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C95AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00B1ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.8Dark cyan · ΔE 12Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1Cadetblue · ΔE 14.1Teal · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.75, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD2523
Analogous#23AD6A, #2366AD
Triadic#AD23AB, #ABAD23
Split complementary#AD2366, #AD6A23
Tetradic#6A23AD, #AD2523, #66AD23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADEEEF
Lighter +30%#83E4E6
Lighter +20%#59DBDD
Lighter +10%#2ED2D5
Darker −10%#1A8183
Darker −20%#125758
Darker −30%#092D2E
Darker −40%#010303
More saturated +25%#09C4C7
Less saturated −25%#3D9293

Channel breakdown

R35
G171
B173
Red35 (13.7%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue180.87°
Saturation (HSL)66.35%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G AB · B AD

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