Colour

#00D9EE

#00D9EE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00D9EE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 217, 238 and HSL 185°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00D9EE#00D9EE

HEX#00D9EE

RGBrgb(0, 217, 238)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.851, 0.9333

RGB percentages0%, 85.1%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(185.3, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.3, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK100%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer55,790

CSS custom property--colour: #00D9EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.16:1

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

Contrast with black12.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#FF2611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5D0EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#AABDEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00E4DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 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 text12.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.6 Aqua · ΔE 18.7 Cyan · ΔE 18.7 Turquoise · ΔE 20.4 Sky blue · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 10.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE1500

Analogous#00EE8C, #0062EE

Triadic#EE00D9, #D9EE00

Split complementary#EE0062, #EE8C00

Tetradic#8C00EE, #EE1500, #62EE00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BBF9FF

Lighter +30%#88F5FF

Lighter +20%#55F0FF

Lighter +10%#22ECFF

Darker −10%#00ABBB

Darker −20%#007C88

Darker −30%#004E55

Darker −40%#001F22

More saturated +25%#00D9EE

Less saturated −25%#1EC1D0

Channel breakdown

G217

B238

Red0 (0%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue185.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G D9 · B EE

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