Colour

#00F8E6

#00F8E6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#00F8E6 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 248, 230 and HSL 176°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#00F8E6#00F8E6

HEX#00F8E6

RGBrgb(0, 248, 230)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.9725, 0.902

RGB percentages0%, 97.3%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(175.6, 100%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.6, 100%, 97.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 7.3%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer63,718

CSS custom property--colour: #00F8E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.57:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#FF0719

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAE9E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0D5E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00FEF2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 10.2 Cyan · ΔE 10.2 Turquoise · ΔE 10.8 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 10.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F80012

Analogous#00F86A, #008EF8

Triadic#E600F8, #F8E600

Split complementary#F8008E, #F86A00

Tetradic#6A00F8, #F80012, #8EF800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C5FFFB

Lighter +30%#92FFF7

Lighter +20%#5FFFF3

Lighter +10%#2CFFF0

Darker −10%#00C5B7

Darker −20%#009287

Darker −30%#005F58

Darker −40%#002C29

More saturated +25%#00F8E6

Less saturated −25%#1FD9CB

Channel breakdown

G248

B230

Red0 (0%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue175.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G F8 · B E6

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