Colour

#23ACDB

#23ACDB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#23ACDB is a cyan with RGB values 35, 172, 219 and HSL 195°, 72%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#23ACDB#23ACDB

HEX#23ACDB

RGBrgb(35, 172, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.6745, 0.8588

RGB percentages13.7%, 67.5%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(195.3, 72.4%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.3, 84%, 85.9%)

CMYK84%, 21.5%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,338,011

CSS custom property--colour: #23ACDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8:1

Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#DC5324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#93A9DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B98DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original

Tritanopia#00B9BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8 Sky blue · ΔE 18.6 Steel blue · ΔE 19.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 26.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DB5223

Analogous#23DBAE, #2350DB

Triadic#DB23AC, #ACDB23

Split complementary#DB2350, #DBAE23

Tetradic#AE23DB, #DB5223, #50DB23

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D2EEF8

Lighter +30%#A6DEF1

Lighter +20%#7ACDEA

Lighter +10%#4EBDE3

Darker −10%#1C89AF

Darker −20%#156783

Darker −30%#0E4457

Darker −40%#07222B

More saturated +25%#03BCFB

Less saturated −25%#439CBB

Channel breakdown

R35

G172

B219

Red35 (13.7%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue195.33°

Saturation (HSL)72.44%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 23 · G AC · B DB

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Colour values

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