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Recognised as Colour

#23BECA

  • #23BECA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#23BECA is a cyan with RGB values 35, 190, 202 and HSL 184°, 70%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#23BECA#23BECA
HEX#23BECA
RGBrgb(35, 190, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.7451, 0.7922
RGB percentages13.7%, 74.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(184.3, 70.5%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.3, 82.7%, 79.2%)
CMYK82.7%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,342,602
CSS custom property--colour: #23BECA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.29:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#DC4135

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEB6CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A6CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 9Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.5Light seagreen · ΔE 12.3Cadetblue · ΔE 19Turquoise · ΔE 20Dark cyan · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA2F23
Analogous#23CA83, #236ACA
Triadic#CA23BE, #BECA23
Split complementary#CA236A, #CA8323
Tetradic#8323CA, #CA2F23, #6ACA23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4F1F5
Lighter +30%#99E7ED
Lighter +20%#6DDDE6
Lighter +10%#42D3DE
Darker −10%#1B959F
Darker −20%#146C73
Darker −30%#0C4348
Darker −40%#051A1C
More saturated +25%#05D7E8
Less saturated −25%#41A5AC

Channel breakdown

R35
G190
B202
Red35 (13.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue184.31°
Saturation (HSL)70.46%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G BE · B CA

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