Colour

#23ACB5

#23ACB5
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#23ACB5 is a cyan with RGB values 35, 172, 181 and HSL 184°, 68%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#23ACB5#23ACB5

HEX#23ACB5

RGBrgb(35, 172, 181)

RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.6745, 0.7098

RGB percentages13.7%, 67.5%, 71%

HSLhsl(183.7, 67.6%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.7, 80.7%, 71%)

CMYK80.7%, 5%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,337,973

CSS custom property--colour: #23ACB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33199WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.64:1

Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#DC534A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9EA4B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A96B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00B3AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.6 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.4 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.4 Teal · ΔE 17.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B52C23

Analogous#23B575, #2363B5

Triadic#B523AC, #ACB523

Split complementary#B52363, #B57523

Tetradic#7523B5, #B52C23, #63B523

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B4EDF0

Lighter +30%#89E2E8

Lighter +20%#5ED8E0

Lighter +10%#33CDD8

Darker −10%#1B838A

Darker −20%#125B60

Darker −30%#0A3235

Darker −40%#020A0A

More saturated +25%#08C4D0

Less saturated −25%#3E949A

Channel breakdown

R35

G172

B181

Red35 (13.7%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue181 (71%)

Hue183.7°

Saturation (HSL)67.59%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 23 · G AC · B B5

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Colour values

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