Colour

#00EEEE

#00EEEE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#00EEEE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 238, 238 and HSL 180°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#00EEEE#00EEEE

HEX#00EEEE

HEX (short)#0EE

RGBrgb(0, 238, 238)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.9333, 0.9333

RGB percentages0%, 93.3%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(180, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180, 100%, 93.3%)

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

24-bit integer61,166

CSS custom property--colour: #00EEEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.46:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#FF1111

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDE2EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2CEEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00F6EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 6 Cyan · ΔE 6 Turquoise · ΔE 10.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 6.02, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE0000

Analogous#00EE77, #0077EE

Triadic#EE00EE, #EEEE00

Split complementary#EE0077, #EE7700

Tetradic#7700EE, #EE0000, #77EE00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BBFFFF

Lighter +30%#88FFFF

Lighter +20%#55FFFF

Lighter +10%#22FFFF

Darker −10%#00BBBB

Darker −20%#008888

Darker −30%#005555

Darker −40%#002222

More saturated +25%#00EEEE

Less saturated −25%#1ED0D0

Channel breakdown

G238

B238

Red0 (0%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue180°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelGreen and Blue

Hex per channelR 00 · G EE · B EE

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