Colour

#00E5CE

#00E5CE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#00E5CE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 229, 206 and HSL 174°, 100%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00E5CE#00E5CE

HEX#00E5CE

RGBrgb(0, 229, 206)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.898, 0.8078

RGB percentages0%, 89.8%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(174, 100%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174, 100%, 89.8%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 10%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer58,830

CSS custom property--colour: #00E5CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.1:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3

Inverted#FF1A31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DAD7CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1C5D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00EADEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original

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 text13.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.2 Aqua · ΔE 15.5 Cyan · ΔE 15.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E50017

Analogous#00E55C, #008AE5

Triadic#CE00E5, #E5CE00

Split complementary#E50089, #E55C00

Tetradic#5C00E5, #E50017, #89E500

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B2FFF7

Lighter +30%#7FFFF2

Lighter +20%#4CFFED

Lighter +10%#19FFE8

Darker −10%#00B2A0

Darker −20%#007F72

Darker −30%#004C44

Darker −40%#001916

More saturated +25%#00E5CE

Less saturated −25%#1DC8B7

Channel breakdown

G229

B206

Red0 (0%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue173.97°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G E5 · B CE

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