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Colour

#00DEFD

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

#00DEFD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 222, 253 and HSL 187°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00DEFD#00DEFD
HEX#00DEFD
RGBrgb(0, 222, 253)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8706, 0.9922
RGB percentages0%, 87.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(187.4, 100%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.4, 100%, 99.2%)
CMYK100%, 12.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer57,085
CSS custom property--colour: #00DEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.87:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#FF2102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABC2FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00EAE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.7Sky blue · ΔE 20.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.2Aqua · ΔE 21.9Cyan · ΔE 21.9Light skyblue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 16.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD1F00
Analogous#00FD9E, #005FFD
Triadic#FD00DE, #DEFD00
Split complementary#FD005F, #FD9E00
Tetradic#9E00FD, #FD1F00, #5FFD00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAF9FF
Lighter +30%#97F2FF
Lighter +20%#64ECFF
Lighter +10%#31E6FF
Darker −10%#00B1CA
Darker −20%#008497
Darker −30%#005864
Darker −40%#002B31
More saturated +25%#00DEFD
Less saturated −25%#20C6DD

Channel breakdown

R0
G222
B253
Red0 (0%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue187.35°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G DE · B FD

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