Colour
#00ECE6
- #00ECE6
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Aqua
#00ECE6 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 236, 230 and HSL 178°, 100%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.
Colour values
#00ECE6#00ECE6
HEX#00ECE6
RGBrgb(0, 236, 230)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.9255, 0.902
RGB percentages0%, 92.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(178.5, 100%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.5, 100%, 92.5%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 2.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer60,646
CSS custom property--colour: #00ECE6;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.65704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.14:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#FF1319
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#EC0006
Analogous#00EC70, #007CEC
Triadic#E600EC, #ECE600
Split complementary#EC007C, #EC7000
Tetradic#7000EC, #EC0006, #7CEC00
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G236
B230
Red0 (0%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue178.47°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G EC · B E6
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