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#23D5CE

#23d5ce ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#23d5ce is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 83.53% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.29% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 177.64°, with 71.77% saturation and 48.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 1.96.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.524

Complementary

  1. #23d5ce
  2. #d5232a

Split complementary

  1. #23d5ce
  2. #d52383
  3. #d57523

Analogous

  1. #23d575
  2. #23d5ce
  3. #2383d5

Triadic

  1. #23d5ce
  2. #ce23d5
  3. #d5ce23

Tetradic

  1. #23d5ce
  2. #232ad5
  3. #d5232a
  4. #d5ce23

Square

  1. #23d5ce
  2. #7523d5
  3. #d5232a
  4. #83d523

Monochromatic

  1. #0d524f
  2. #18938e
  3. #23d5ce
  4. #60e5e0
  5. #a1f0ed

Shades

#23d5ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #23d5ce
  2. #20c0b9
  3. #1caaa5
  4. #199590
  5. #15807c
  6. #126b67
  7. #0e5552
  8. #0b403e
  9. #072b29
  10. #041515
  11. #000000

Tints

#23d5ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #23d5ce
  2. #39d9d3
  3. #4fddd8
  4. #65e2dd
  5. #7be6e2
  6. #91eae7
  7. #a7eeeb
  8. #bdf2f0
  9. #d3f7f5
  10. #e9fbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#23d5ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #23d5ce
  2. #2ccdc6
  3. #36c4be
  4. #3fbcb7
  5. #48b3af
  6. #52aba7
  7. #5ba29f
  8. #649a97
  9. #6d9190
  10. #778988
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ac8c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8c9ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1b8cf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dbd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0cece ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ec4cf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d9d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-23d5ce {
  color: #23d5ce;
}
Background
.bg-23d5ce {
  background-color: #23d5ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-23d5ce {
  border: 2px solid #23d5ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #23d5ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 213 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 72% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-23d5ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #23d5ce, #2383d5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-23d5ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 213 206 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 1.96 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.19 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 3.74 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 3.90 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.43 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 6.93 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.87 #dc2a31 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#23d5ce  rgb(35, 213, 206)  hsl(178, 72%, 49%)  Medium Turquoise
#d5232a  rgb(213, 35, 42)  hsl(358, 72%, 49%)  Fire Engine Red
#ce23d5  rgb(206, 35, 213)  hsl(298, 72%, 49%)  Medium Orchid
#d5ce23  rgb(213, 206, 35)  hsl(58, 72%, 49%)  Citrine