Colour

#00F9CC

#00F9CC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#00F9CC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 249, 204 and HSL 169°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#00F9CC#00F9CC

HEX#00F9CC

RGBrgb(0, 249, 204)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.9765, 0.8

RGB percentages0%, 97.6%, 80%

HSLhsl(169.2, 100%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.2, 100%, 97.6%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 18.1%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer63,948

CSS custom property--colour: #00F9CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.42:1

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

Contrast with black15.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#FF0633

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0E8CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7D5CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00FCECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 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 text15.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 14.5 Turquoise · ΔE 20.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24.4 Aqua · ΔE 24.9 Cyan · ΔE 24.9 Medium spring green · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 14.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F9002D

Analogous#00F94F, #00AAF9

Triadic#CC00F9, #F9CC00

Split complementary#F900AA, #F94F00

Tetradic#4F00F9, #F9002D, #AAF900

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C6FFF5

Lighter +30%#93FFEB

Lighter +20%#60FFE2

Lighter +10%#2DFFD9

Darker −10%#00C6A2

Darker −20%#009378

Darker −30%#00604F

Darker −40%#002D25

More saturated +25%#00F9CC

Less saturated −25%#1FDAB8

Channel breakdown

G249

B204

Red0 (0%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue169.16°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G F9 · B CC

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