Colour

#00ECD4

#00ECD4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#00ECD4 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 236, 212 and HSL 174°, 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 Turquoise.

Colour values

#00ECD4#00ECD4

HEX#00ECD4

RGBrgb(0, 236, 212)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.9255, 0.8314

RGB percentages0%, 92.5%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(173.9, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.9, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 10.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer60,628

CSS custom property--colour: #00ECD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.95:1

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

Contrast with black13.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#FF132B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0DDD3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7CBD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original

Tritanopia#00F1E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 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 text13.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.9 Aqua · ΔE 14.7 Cyan · ΔE 14.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EC0018

Analogous#00EC5E, #008EEC

Triadic#D400EC, #ECD400

Split complementary#EC008E, #EC5E00

Tetradic#5E00EC, #EC0018, #8EEC00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B9FFF8

Lighter +30%#86FFF3

Lighter +20%#53FFEE

Lighter +10%#20FFE8

Darker −10%#00B9A6

Darker −20%#008678

Darker −30%#00534B

Darker −40%#00201D

More saturated +25%#00ECD4

Less saturated −25%#1DCFBC

Channel breakdown

G236

B212

Red0 (0%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue173.9°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G EC · B D4

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