Colour

#00EAE8

#00EAE8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#00EAE8 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 234, 232 and HSL 179°, 100%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#00EAE8#00EAE8

HEX#00EAE8

RGBrgb(0, 234, 232)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.9176, 0.9098

RGB percentages0%, 91.8%, 91%

HSLhsl(179.5, 100%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.5, 100%, 91.8%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 0.9%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer60,136

CSS custom property--colour: #00EAE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.93:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#FF1517

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DADEE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0CAE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00F2E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 7.5 Cyan · ΔE 7.5 Turquoise · ΔE 8.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.8 Light seagreen · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EA0002

Analogous#00EA73, #0077EA

Triadic#E800EA, #EAE800

Split complementary#EA0077, #EA7300

Tetradic#7300EA, #EA0002, #77EA00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B7FFFE

Lighter +30%#84FFFE

Lighter +20%#51FFFE

Lighter +10%#1EFFFD

Darker −10%#00B7B5

Darker −20%#008483

Darker −30%#005150

Darker −40%#001E1E

More saturated +25%#00EAE8

Less saturated −25%#1DCDCB

Channel breakdown

G234

B232

Red0 (0%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue179.49°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G EA · B E8

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#00EAE8

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else