Colour

#00DCEB

#00DCEB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00DCEB is a cyan with RGB values 0, 220, 235 and HSL 184°, 100%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00DCEB#00DCEB

HEX#00DCEB

RGBrgb(0, 220, 235)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8627, 0.9216

RGB percentages0%, 86.3%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(183.8, 100%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.8, 100%, 92.2%)

CMYK100%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer56,555

CSS custom property--colour: #00DCEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57185WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.44:1

Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#FF2314

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9D2ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFBFECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E6E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.1 Aqua · ΔE 15.6 Cyan · ΔE 15.6 Turquoise · ΔE 16.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EB0F00

Analogous#00EB84, #0067EB

Triadic#EB00DC, #DCEB00

Split complementary#EB0067, #EB8500

Tetradic#8400EB, #EB0F00, #67EB00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B8FAFF

Lighter +30%#85F7FF

Lighter +20%#52F4FF

Lighter +10%#1FF1FF

Darker −10%#00ACB8

Darker −20%#007D85

Darker −30%#004D52

Darker −40%#001D1F

More saturated +25%#00DCEB

Less saturated −25%#1DC2CE

Channel breakdown

G220

B235

Red0 (0%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue183.83°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G DC · B EB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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