Colour

#00F8DC

#00F8DC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#00F8DC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 248, 220 and HSL 173°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00F8DC#00F8DC

HEX#00F8DC

RGBrgb(0, 248, 220)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.9725, 0.8627

RGB percentages0%, 97.3%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(173.2, 100%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.2, 100%, 97.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 11.3%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer63,708

CSS custom property--colour: #00F8DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.46:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#FF0723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECE8DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D5DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00FDEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.3 Aqua · ΔE 15.6 Cyan · ΔE 15.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 13.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F8001C

Analogous#00F860, #0098F8

Triadic#DC00F8, #F8DC00

Split complementary#F80098, #F86000

Tetradic#6000F8, #F8001C, #98F800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C5FFF8

Lighter +30%#92FFF3

Lighter +20%#5FFFED

Lighter +10%#2CFFE7

Darker −10%#00C5AF

Darker −20%#009282

Darker −30%#005F54

Darker −40%#002C27

More saturated +25%#00F8DC

Less saturated −25%#1FD9C4

Channel breakdown

G248

B220

Red0 (0%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue173.23°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G F8 · B DC

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