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Recognised as Colour

#00D5E9

  • #00D5E9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00D5E9 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 213, 233 and HSL 185°, 100%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00D5E9#00D5E9
HEX#00D5E9
RGBrgb(0, 213, 233)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8353, 0.9137
RGB percentages0%, 83.5%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(185.2, 100%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.2, 100%, 91.4%)
CMYK100%, 8.6%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer54,761
CSS custom property--colour: #00D5E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53472WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.69:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#FF2A16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1CCEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B9E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00DFDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 10Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.9Aqua · ΔE 19.5Cyan · ΔE 19.5Turquoise · ΔE 20.1Light seagreen · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E91400
Analogous#00E989, #0061E9
Triadic#E900D5, #D5E900
Split complementary#E90061, #E98800
Tetradic#8900E9, #E91400, #61E900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6F9FF
Lighter +30%#83F4FF
Lighter +20%#50F0FF
Lighter +10%#1DECFF
Darker −10%#00A6B6
Darker −20%#007883
Darker −30%#004950
Darker −40%#001B1D
More saturated +25%#00D5E9
Less saturated −25%#1DBDCC

Channel breakdown

R0
G213
B233
Red0 (0%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue185.15°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G D5 · B E9

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