Colour

#00D9EA

#00D9EA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00D9EA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 217, 234 and HSL 184°, 100%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00D9EA#00D9EA

HEX#00D9EA

RGBrgb(0, 217, 234)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.851, 0.9176

RGB percentages0%, 85.1%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(184.4, 100%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.4, 100%, 91.8%)

CMYK100%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer55,786

CSS custom property--colour: #00D9EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.11:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#FF2615

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6CFEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABBCEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00E3DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.7 Aqua · ΔE 17.2 Cyan · ΔE 17.2 Turquoise · ΔE 18.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.73, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EA1100

Analogous#00EA86, #0064EA

Triadic#EA00D9, #D9EA00

Split complementary#EA0064, #EA8600

Tetradic#8600EA, #EA1100, #64EA00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B7FAFF

Lighter +30%#84F6FF

Lighter +20%#51F2FF

Lighter +10%#1EEFFF

Darker −10%#00AAB7

Darker −20%#007A84

Darker −30%#004B51

Darker −40%#001C1E

More saturated +25%#00D9EA

Less saturated −25%#1DC0CD

Channel breakdown

G217

B234

Red0 (0%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue184.36°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G D9 · B EA

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