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Recognised as Colour

#23ACBB

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

#23ACBB is a cyan with RGB values 35, 172, 187 and HSL 186°, 68%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#23ACBB#23ACBB
HEX#23ACBB
RGBrgb(35, 172, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.6745, 0.7333
RGB percentages13.7%, 67.5%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(185.9, 68.5%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.9, 81.3%, 73.3%)
CMYK81.3%, 8%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,337,979
CSS custom property--colour: #23ACBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3345WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.69:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#DC5344

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DA5BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8896BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 14.1Cadetblue · ΔE 14.4Dark cyan · ΔE 15.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.5Teal · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 14.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB3223
Analogous#23BB7E, #2360BB
Triadic#BB23AC, #ACBB23
Split complementary#BB2360, #BB7E23
Tetradic#7E23BB, #BB3223, #60BB23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8ECF2
Lighter +30%#8DE1EA
Lighter +20%#62D5E2
Lighter +10%#37CADA
Darker −10%#1B8490
Darker −20%#135D65
Darker −30%#0B353A
Darker −40%#030E0F
More saturated +25%#07C2D7
Less saturated −25%#3F969F

Channel breakdown

R35
G172
B187
Red35 (13.7%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue185.92°
Saturation (HSL)68.47%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G AC · B BB

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