Recognised as Colour
#00E2DD
- #00E2DD
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Turquoise
#00E2DD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 226, 221 and HSL 179°, 100%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.
Colour values
#00E2DD#00E2DD
HEX#00E2DD
RGBrgb(0, 226, 221)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8863, 0.8667
RGB percentages0%, 88.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(178.7, 100%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.7, 100%, 88.6%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 2.2%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer58,077
CSS custom property--colour: #00E2DD;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.59613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.92:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#FF1D22
Colour vision & accessibility
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 text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E20005
Analogous#00E26C, #0076E2
Triadic#DD00E2, #E2DD00
Split complementary#E20076, #E26C00
Tetradic#6C00E2, #E20005, #76E200
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G226
B221
Red0 (0%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue178.67°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G E2 · B DD
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