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Recognised as Colour

#24DCD9

  • #24DCD9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#24DCD9 is a cyan with RGB values 36, 220, 217 and HSL 179°, 72%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#24DCD9#24DCD9
HEX#24DCD9
RGBrgb(36, 220, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.8627, 0.851
RGB percentages14.1%, 86.3%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(179, 72.4%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179, 83.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK83.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,415,833
CSS custom property--colour: #24DCD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.31:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#DB2326

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED0D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BFDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00E3DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 5.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.5Turquoise · ΔE 7.1Aqua · ΔE 12.9Cyan · ΔE 12.9Light seagreen · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 5.89, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC2427
Analogous#24DC7D, #2483DC
Triadic#D924DC, #DCD924
Split complementary#DC2483, #DC7D24
Tetradic#7D24DC, #DC2427, #83DC24

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4F8F8
Lighter +30%#A8F1F0
Lighter +20%#7CEAE8
Lighter +10%#50E3E1
Darker −10%#1CB1AE
Darker −20%#158583
Darker −30%#0E5958
Darker −40%#072D2C
More saturated +25%#04FCF8
Less saturated −25%#44BCBA

Channel breakdown

R36
G220
B217
Red36 (14.1%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue179.02°
Saturation (HSL)72.44%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 24 · G DC · B D9

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