Colour
#00E3E9
- #00E3E9
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Dark turquoise
#00E3E9 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 227, 233 and HSL 182°, 100%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.
Colour values
#00E3E9#00E3E9
HEX#00E3E9
RGBrgb(0, 227, 233)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8902, 0.9137
RGB percentages0%, 89%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(181.5, 100%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.5, 100%, 91.4%)
CMYK100%, 2.6%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer58,345
CSS custom property--colour: #00E3E9;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.60821WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.16:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#FF1C16
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E90600
Analogous#00E97B, #006FE9
Triadic#E900E3, #E3E900
Split complementary#E9006F, #E97B00
Tetradic#7A00E9, #E90600, #6EE900
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G227
B233
Red0 (0%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue181.55°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G E3 · B E9
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