Recognised as Colour
#00D4E9
- #00D4E9
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Dark turquoise
#00D4E9 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 212, 233 and HSL 185°, 100%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.
Colour values
#00D4E9#00D4E9
HEX#00D4E9
RGBrgb(0, 212, 233)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8314, 0.9137
RGB percentages0%, 83.1%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(185.4, 100%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.4, 100%, 91.4%)
CMYK100%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer54,505
CSS custom property--colour: #00D4E9;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.5297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.59:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#FF2B16
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E91500
Analogous#00E989, #0060E9
Triadic#E900D4, #D4E900
Split complementary#E90060, #E98900
Tetradic#8900E9, #E91500, #60E900
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G212
B233
Red0 (0%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue185.41°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G D4 · B E9
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