Recognised as Colour

#00EECC

#00EECC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#00EECC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 238, 204 and HSL 171°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00EECC#00EECC

HEX#00EECC

HEX (short)#0EC

RGBrgb(0, 238, 204)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.9333, 0.8

RGB percentages0%, 93.3%, 80%

HSLhsl(171.4, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 14.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer61,132

CSS custom property--colour: #00EECC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.1:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#FF1133

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4DECBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBCCCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00F2E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

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 text14.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 13.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.7 Aqua · ΔE 19.6 Cyan · ΔE 19.6 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 13.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE0022

Analogous#00EE55, #0099EE

Triadic#CC00EE, #EECC00

Split complementary#EE0099, #EE5500

Tetradic#5500EE, #EE0022, #99EE00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BBFFF5

Lighter +30%#88FFEE

Lighter +20%#55FFE7

Lighter +10%#22FFDF

Darker −10%#00BBA0

Darker −20%#008875

Darker −30%#005549

Darker −40%#00221D

More saturated +25%#00EECC

Less saturated −25%#1ED0B7

Channel breakdown

G238

B204

Red0 (0%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue171.43°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G EE · B CC

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