Recognised as Colour

#00F2FA

#00F2FA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#00F2FA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 242, 250 and HSL 182°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#00F2FA#00F2FA

HEX#00F2FA

RGBrgb(0, 242, 250)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.949, 0.9804

RGB percentages0%, 94.9%, 98%

HSLhsl(181.9, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.9, 100%, 98%)

CMYK100%, 3.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer62,202

CSS custom property--colour: #00F2FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70406WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.08:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#FF0D05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFE6FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3D2FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00FBF4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 6.6 Cyan · ΔE 6.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Turquoise · ΔE 14.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 6.62, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FA0800

Analogous#00FA85, #0075FA

Triadic#FA00F2, #F2FA00

Split complementary#FA0075, #FA8500

Tetradic#8500FA, #FA0800, #75FA00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C7FDFF

Lighter +30%#94FCFF

Lighter +20%#61FAFF

Lighter +10%#2EF8FF

Darker −10%#00C1C7

Darker −20%#008F94

Darker −30%#005E61

Darker −40%#002D2E

More saturated +25%#00F2FA

Less saturated −25%#1FD5DB

Channel breakdown

G242

B250

Red0 (0%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue181.92°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G F2 · B FA

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