Colour

#00DFEA

#00DFEA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00DFEA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 223, 234 and HSL 183°, 100%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00DFEA#00DFEA

HEX#00DFEA

RGBrgb(0, 223, 234)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8745, 0.9176

RGB percentages0%, 87.5%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(182.8, 100%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.8, 100%, 91.8%)

CMYK100%, 4.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer57,322

CSS custom property--colour: #00DFEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.74:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#FF2015

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDD4EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2C1EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00E8E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11 Aqua · ΔE 13.3 Cyan · ΔE 13.3 Turquoise · ΔE 14.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 7.43, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EA0B00

Analogous#00EA80, #006AEA

Triadic#EA00DF, #DFEA00

Split complementary#EA006A, #EA8000

Tetradic#8000EA, #EA0B00, #6AEA00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B7FCFF

Lighter +30%#84F9FF

Lighter +20%#51F7FF

Lighter +10%#1EF4FF

Darker −10%#00AEB7

Darker −20%#007E84

Darker −30%#004D51

Darker −40%#001D1E

More saturated +25%#00DFEA

Less saturated −25%#1DC5CD

Channel breakdown

G223

B234

Red0 (0%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue182.82°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G DF · B EA

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