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Recognised as Colour

#23D8DD

  • #23D8DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#23D8DD is a cyan with RGB values 35, 216, 221 and HSL 182°, 73%, 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

#23D8DD#23D8DD
HEX#23D8DD
RGBrgb(35, 216, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.8471, 0.8667
RGB percentages13.7%, 84.7%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(181.6, 73.2%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.6, 84.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK84.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,349,277
CSS custom property--colour: #23D8DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.94:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#DC2722

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8CDDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0BCDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 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 text11.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 3.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.9Turquoise · ΔE 11.7Aqua · ΔE 14.9Cyan · ΔE 14.9Light seagreen · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 3.75, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD2823
Analogous#23DD85, #237BDD
Triadic#DD23D8, #D8DD23
Split complementary#DD237B, #DD8523
Tetradic#8523DD, #DD2823, #7BDD23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4F7F8
Lighter +30%#A8EFF1
Lighter +20%#7BE8EB
Lighter +10%#4FE0E4
Darker −10%#1BAEB2
Darker −20%#158285
Darker −30%#0E5759
Darker −40%#072C2D
More saturated +25%#03F6FD
Less saturated −25%#43BABD

Channel breakdown

R35
G216
B221
Red35 (13.7%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue181.61°
Saturation (HSL)73.23%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G D8 · B DD

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