Recognised as Colour

#00DEE3

#00DEE3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00DEE3 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 222, 227 and HSL 181°, 100%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00DEE3#00DEE3

HEX#00DEE3

RGBrgb(0, 222, 227)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8706, 0.8902

RGB percentages0%, 87.1%, 89%

HSLhsl(181.3, 100%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.3, 100%, 89%)

CMYK100%, 2.2%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer57,059

CSS custom property--colour: #00DEE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.56:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF

Inverted#FF211C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDD3E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3C0E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00E6DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 5.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9 Turquoise · ΔE 11.4 Aqua · ΔE 12.3 Cyan · ΔE 12.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 17.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 5.85, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E30500

Analogous#00E376, #006DE3

Triadic#E300DE, #DEE300

Split complementary#E3006D, #E37700

Tetradic#7600E3, #E30500, #6DE300

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B0FDFF

Lighter +30%#7DFCFF

Lighter +20%#4AFBFF

Lighter +10%#17FAFF

Darker −10%#00ACB0

Darker −20%#007A7D

Darker −30%#00484A

Darker −40%#001617

More saturated +25%#00DEE3

Less saturated −25%#1CC3C7

Channel breakdown

G222

B227

Red0 (0%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue227 (89%)

Hue181.32°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G DE · B E3

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Colour harmonies

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