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Colour

#23BCA5

  • #23BCA5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#23BCA5 is a cyan with RGB values 35, 188, 165 and HSL 171°, 69%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#23BCA5#23BCA5
HEX#23BCA5
RGBrgb(35, 188, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.7373, 0.6471
RGB percentages13.7%, 73.7%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(171, 68.6%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171, 81.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK81.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,342,053
CSS custom property--colour: #23BCA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3904WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.81:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#DC435A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4B0A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A2A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.2Turquoise · ΔE 13.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 16Dark cyan · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC233A
Analogous#23BC59, #2386BC
Triadic#A523BC, #BCA523
Split complementary#BC2386, #BC5923
Tetradic#5923BC, #BC233A, #86BC23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9F2E9
Lighter +30%#8EEADC
Lighter +20%#63E2CF
Lighter +10%#38DAC2
Darker −10%#1B917F
Darker −20%#13665A
Darker −30%#0B3B34
Darker −40%#03100E
More saturated +25%#07D8B8
Less saturated −25%#3FA092

Channel breakdown

R35
G188
B165
Red35 (13.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue170.98°
Saturation (HSL)68.61%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 23 · G BC · B A5

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