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Recognised as Colour

#23DCBD

  • #23DCBD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#23DCBD is a cyan with RGB values 35, 220, 189 and HSL 170°, 73%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#23DCBD#23DCBD
HEX#23DCBD
RGBrgb(35, 220, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.8627, 0.7412
RGB percentages13.7%, 86.3%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(169.9, 72.5%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.9, 84.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK84.1%, 0%, 14.1%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,350,269
CSS custom property--colour: #23DCBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.04:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#DC2342

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3CEBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDBDBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00DFD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.5Aquamarine · ΔE 15.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.7Light seagreen · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.54, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC2342
Analogous#23DC60, #239FDC
Triadic#BD23DC, #DCBD23
Split complementary#DC239F, #DC6023
Tetradic#6023DC, #DC2342, #9FDC23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3F8F2
Lighter +30%#A7F1E5
Lighter +20%#7BEAD7
Lighter +10%#4FE3CA
Darker −10%#1CB097
Darker −20%#158471
Darker −30%#0E584C
Darker −40%#072C26
More saturated +25%#03FCD2
Less saturated −25%#43BCA8

Channel breakdown

R35
G220
B189
Red35 (13.7%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue169.95°
Saturation (HSL)72.55%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 23 · G DC · B BD

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