Colour

#00EFD9

#00EFD9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#00EFD9 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 239, 217 and HSL 174°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00EFD9#00EFD9

HEX#00EFD9

RGBrgb(0, 239, 217)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.9373, 0.851

RGB percentages0%, 93.7%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(174.5, 100%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.5, 100%, 93.7%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 9.2%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer61,401

CSS custom property--colour: #00EFD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66743WCAG 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 14.35:1

Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#FF1026

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E0D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9CDDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00F4E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9 Aqua · ΔE 13.3 Cyan · ΔE 13.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.97, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EF0016

Analogous#00EF62, #008DEF

Triadic#D900EF, #EFD900

Split complementary#EF008D, #EF6200

Tetradic#6200EF, #EF0016, #8DEF00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BCFFF9

Lighter +30%#89FFF4

Lighter +20%#56FFEF

Lighter +10%#23FFEB

Darker −10%#00BCAB

Darker −20%#00897C

Darker −30%#00564E

Darker −40%#002320

More saturated +25%#00EFD9

Less saturated −25%#1ED1C1

Channel breakdown

G239

B217

Red0 (0%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue174.48°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G EF · B D9

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