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Recognised as Colour

#23BFAB

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

#23BFAB is a cyan with RGB values 35, 191, 171 and HSL 172°, 69%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#23BFAB#23BFAB
HEX#23BFAB
RGBrgb(35, 191, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.749, 0.6706
RGB percentages13.7%, 74.9%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(172.3, 69%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.3, 81.7%, 74.9%)
CMYK81.7%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,342,827
CSS custom property--colour: #23BFAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40559WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.11:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#DC4054

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B3AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2A5ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.7Turquoise · ΔE 11.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 14Dark cyan · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF2337
Analogous#23BF5D, #2385BF
Triadic#AB23BF, #BFAB23
Split complementary#BF2385, #BF5D23
Tetradic#5D23BF, #BF2337, #85BF23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBF3EC
Lighter +30%#90EBDF
Lighter +20%#65E3D3
Lighter +10%#3ADBC6
Darker −10%#1B9484
Darker −20%#13695E
Darker −30%#0B3E37
Darker −40%#031311
More saturated +25%#07DBC0
Less saturated −25%#3FA396

Channel breakdown

R35
G191
B171
Red35 (13.7%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue172.31°
Saturation (HSL)69.03%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 23 · G BF · B AB

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