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Recognised as Colour

#23DCEA

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

#23DCEA is a cyan with RGB values 35, 220, 234 and HSL 184°, 83%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#23DCEA#23DCEA
HEX#23DCEA
RGBrgb(35, 220, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.8627, 0.9176
RGB percentages13.7%, 86.3%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(184.2, 82.6%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.2, 85%, 91.8%)
CMYK85%, 6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,350,314
CSS custom property--colour: #23DCEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57484WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.5:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#DC2315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9D2EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0C0EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.3Aqua · ΔE 15.8Cyan · ΔE 15.8Turquoise · ΔE 16.5Light seagreen · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA3123
Analogous#23EA95, #2378EA
Triadic#EA23DC, #DCEA23
Split complementary#EA2378, #EA9523
Tetradic#9523EA, #EA3123, #78EA23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDFAFC
Lighter +30%#AFF2F7
Lighter +20%#80EBF3
Lighter +10%#52E3EE
Darker −10%#13BAC7
Darker −20%#0F8F98
Darker −30%#0A636A
Darker −40%#06383B
More saturated +25%#0EEEFF
Less saturated −25%#41C2CC

Channel breakdown

R35
G220
B234
Red35 (13.7%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue184.22°
Saturation (HSL)82.57%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G DC · B EA

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