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Recognised as Colour

#23C5AE

  • #23C5AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#23C5AE is a cyan with RGB values 35, 197, 174 and HSL 171°, 70%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#23C5AE#23C5AE
HEX#23C5AE
RGBrgb(35, 197, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.7725, 0.6824
RGB percentages13.7%, 77.3%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(171.5, 69.8%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.5, 82.2%, 77.3%)
CMYK82.2%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,344,366
CSS custom property--colour: #23C5AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.67:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#DC3A51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCB9ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8AAB0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.9Light seagreen · ΔE 11.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.9Aquamarine · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5233A
Analogous#23C55D, #238BC5
Triadic#AE23C5, #C5AE23
Split complementary#C5238B, #C55D23
Tetradic#5D23C5, #C5233A, #8BC523

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0F4ED
Lighter +30%#95ECE0
Lighter +20%#6AE4D3
Lighter +10%#3EDDC6
Darker −10%#1B9A88
Darker −20%#146E62
Darker −30%#0C433B
Darker −40%#041815
More saturated +25%#06E2C3
Less saturated −25%#40A899

Channel breakdown

R35
G197
B174
Red35 (13.7%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue171.48°
Saturation (HSL)69.83%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 23 · G C5 · B AE

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