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Recognised as Colour

#23C9CD

  • #23C9CD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#23C9CD is a cyan with RGB values 35, 201, 205 and HSL 181°, 71%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#23C9CD#23C9CD
HEX#23C9CD
RGBrgb(35, 201, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.7882, 0.8039
RGB percentages13.7%, 78.8%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(181.4, 70.8%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.4, 82.9%, 80.4%)
CMYK82.9%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,345,421
CSS custom property--colour: #23C9CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.31:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#DC3632

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BABFCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4AFCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 2.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.9Light seagreen · ΔE 10.8Turquoise · ΔE 13.6Aqua · ΔE 20.2Cyan · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 2.92, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD2723
Analogous#23CD7C, #2374CD
Triadic#CD23C9, #C9CD23
Split complementary#CD2374, #CD7C23
Tetradic#7C23CD, #CD2723, #74CD23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7F4F5
Lighter +30%#9BECEE
Lighter +20%#70E4E7
Lighter +10%#44DBDF
Darker −10%#1C9EA1
Darker −20%#147476
Darker −30%#0D494A
Darker −40%#051E1F
More saturated +25%#05E6EB
Less saturated −25%#41ACAF

Channel breakdown

R35
G201
B205
Red35 (13.7%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue181.41°
Saturation (HSL)70.83%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G C9 · B CD

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