Colour

#00FAED

#00FAED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#00FAED is a cyan with RGB values 0, 250, 237 and HSL 177°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#00FAED#00FAED

HEX#00FAED

RGBrgb(0, 250, 237)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.9804, 0.9294

RGB percentages0%, 98%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(176.9, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.9, 100%, 98%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 5.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer64,237

CSS custom property--colour: #00FAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.9:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#FF0512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBECEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0D7EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 7.3 Cyan · ΔE 7.3 Turquoise · ΔE 11.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.4 Aquamarine · ΔE 18.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 7.35, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FA000D

Analogous#00FA70, #008AFA

Triadic#ED00FA, #FAED00

Split complementary#FA008A, #FA7000

Tetradic#7000FA, #FA000D, #8AFA00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C7FFFC

Lighter +30%#94FFF9

Lighter +20%#61FFF7

Lighter +10%#2EFFF4

Darker −10%#00C7BD

Darker −20%#00948C

Darker −30%#00615C

Darker −40%#002E2C

More saturated +25%#00FAED

Less saturated −25%#1FDBD1

Channel breakdown

G250

B237

Red0 (0%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue176.88°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G FA · B ED

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