Recognised as Colour

#43DADD

#43DADD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#43DADD is a cyan with RGB values 67, 218, 221 and HSL 181°, 69%, 56%. 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

#43DADD#43DADD

HEX#43DADD

RGBrgb(67, 218, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.2627, 0.8549, 0.8667

RGB percentages26.3%, 85.5%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(181.2, 69.4%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.2, 69.7%, 86.7%)

CMYK69.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,446,941

CSS custom property--colour: #43DADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.6 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#BABABA

Inverted#BC2522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBD0DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4BFDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00E1DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 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 5.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.5 Turquoise · ΔE 11.2 Aqua · ΔE 15.5 Cyan · ΔE 15.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 15.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 5.35, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DD4643

Analogous#43DD93, #438DDD

Triadic#DD43DA, #DADD43

Split complementary#DD438D, #DD9343

Tetradic#9343DD, #DD4643, #8DDD43

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F0FCFC

Lighter +30%#C5F4F4

Lighter +20%#99EBED

Lighter +10%#6EE3E5

Darker −10%#24C6C9

Darker −20%#1C9B9E

Darker −30%#157172

Darker −40%#0D4647

More saturated +25%#27F5F9

Less saturated −25%#5FBFC1

Channel breakdown

R67

G218

B221

Red67 (26.3%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue181.17°

Saturation (HSL)69.37%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 43 · G DA · B DD

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