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Recognised as Colour

#43C9DE

  • #43C9DE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#43C9DE is a cyan with RGB values 67, 201, 222 and HSL 188°, 70%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#43C9DE#43C9DE
HEX#43C9DE
RGBrgb(67, 201, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.2627, 0.7882, 0.8706
RGB percentages26.3%, 78.8%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(188.1, 70.1%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.1, 69.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK69.8%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,442,590
CSS custom property--colour: #43C9DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48241WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.65:1
Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#BC3621

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C2DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B2DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00D2CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.2Light seagreen · ΔE 19.2Light skyblue · ΔE 20.3Cadetblue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 13.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE5843
Analogous#43DEA5, #437CDE
Triadic#DE43C9, #C9DE43
Split complementary#DE437B, #DEA543
Tetradic#A643DE, #DE5843, #7BDE43

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1FBFC
Lighter +30%#C5EEF5
Lighter +20%#9AE2ED
Lighter +10%#6ED5E6
Darker −10%#24B4CA
Darker −20%#1C8D9F
Darker −30%#146774
Darker −40%#0D4048
More saturated +25%#27DDFA
Less saturated −25%#5FB5C2

Channel breakdown

R67
G201
B222
Red67 (26.3%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue188.13°
Saturation (HSL)70.14%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 43 · G C9 · B DE

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