Recognised as Colour

#00EDE4

#00EDE4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#00EDE4 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 237, 228 and HSL 178°, 100%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00EDE4#00EDE4

HEX#00EDE4

RGBrgb(0, 237, 228)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.9294, 0.8941

RGB percentages0%, 92.9%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(177.7, 100%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.7, 100%, 92.9%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 3.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer60,900

CSS custom property--colour: #00EDE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6617WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.23:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#FF121B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE0E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4CCE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00F4EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.4 Aqua · ΔE 7.9 Cyan · ΔE 7.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.45, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED0009

Analogous#00ED6D, #007FED

Triadic#E400ED, #EDE400

Split complementary#ED007F, #ED6D00

Tetradic#6E00ED, #ED0009, #7FED00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BAFFFC

Lighter +30%#87FFFA

Lighter +20%#54FFF9

Lighter +10%#21FFF7

Darker −10%#00BAB3

Darker −20%#008782

Darker −30%#005451

Darker −40%#002120

More saturated +25%#00EDE4

Less saturated −25%#1ECFC9

Channel breakdown

G237

B228

Red0 (0%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue177.72°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G ED · B E4

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