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Recognised as Colour

#23D8DA

  • #23D8DA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#23D8DA is a cyan with RGB values 35, 216, 218 and HSL 181°, 72%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#23D8DA#23D8DA
HEX#23D8DA
RGBrgb(35, 216, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.8471, 0.8549
RGB percentages13.7%, 84.7%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(180.7, 72.3%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.7, 83.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK83.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,349,274
CSS custom property--colour: #23D8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.91:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#DC2725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9CDDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1BBDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00DFD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 3.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 6Turquoise · ΔE 10.1Aqua · ΔE 14.5Cyan · ΔE 14.5Light seagreen · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 3.53, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA2523
Analogous#23DA80, #237DDA
Triadic#DA23D8, #D8DA23
Split complementary#DA237D, #DA8023
Tetradic#8023DA, #DA2523, #7DDA23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1F7F8
Lighter +30%#A5F0F1
Lighter +20%#79E8EA
Lighter +10%#4DE1E3
Darker −10%#1CACAE
Darker −20%#158182
Darker −30%#0E5556
Darker −40%#072A2A
More saturated +25%#03F7FA
Less saturated −25%#43B9BA

Channel breakdown

R35
G216
B218
Red35 (13.7%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue180.66°
Saturation (HSL)72.33%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G D8 · B DA

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