Colour

#00EBFF

#00EBFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#00EBFF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 235, 255 and HSL 185°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#00EBFF#00EBFF

HEX#00EBFF

RGBrgb(0, 235, 255)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.9216, 1

RGB percentages0%, 92.2%, 100%

HSLhsl(184.7, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.7, 100%, 100%)

CMYK100%, 7.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer60,415

CSS custom property--colour: #00EBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66637WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.33:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#FF1400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6E1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9CCFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00F6F1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 13.7 Cyan · ΔE 13.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.9 Turquoise · ΔE 19.9 Sky blue · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 13.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF1400

Analogous#00FF94, #006BFF

Triadic#FF00EB, #EBFF00

Split complementary#FF006B, #FF9400

Tetradic#9400FF, #FF1400, #6BFF00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CCFBFF

Lighter +30%#99F7FF

Lighter +20%#66F3FF

Lighter +10%#33EFFF

Darker −10%#00BCCC

Darker −20%#008D99

Darker −30%#005E66

Darker −40%#002F33

More saturated +25%#00EBFF

Less saturated −25%#20D0DF

Channel breakdown

G235

B255

Red0 (0%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue184.71°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G EB · B FF

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