Colour

#00E5EF

#00E5EF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00E5EF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 229, 239 and HSL 183°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00E5EF#00E5EF

HEX#00E5EF

RGBrgb(0, 229, 239)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.898, 0.9373

RGB percentages0%, 89.8%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(182.5, 100%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.5, 100%, 93.7%)

CMYK100%, 4.2%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer58,863

CSS custom property--colour: #00E5EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.45:1

Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#FF1A10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2DAF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8C6F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00EEE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 9 Aqua · ΔE 11.1 Cyan · ΔE 11.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12 Turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EF0A00

Analogous#00EF81, #006EEF

Triadic#EF00E5, #E5EF00

Split complementary#EF006E, #EF8200

Tetradic#8100EF, #EF0A00, #6EEF00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BCFCFF

Lighter +30%#89FAFF

Lighter +20%#56F8FF

Lighter +10%#23F6FF

Darker −10%#00B4BC

Darker −20%#008389

Darker −30%#005256

Darker −40%#002223

More saturated +25%#00E5EF

Less saturated −25%#1ECAD1

Channel breakdown

G229

B239

Red0 (0%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue182.51°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G E5 · B EF

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