Recognised as Colour

#00FAFC

#00FAFC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#00FAFC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 250, 252 and HSL 180°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#00FAFC#00FAFC

HEX#00FAFC

RGBrgb(0, 250, 252)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.9804, 0.9882

RGB percentages0%, 98%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(180.5, 100%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.5, 100%, 98.8%)

CMYK100%, 0.8%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer64,252

CSS custom property--colour: #00FAFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.08:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#FF0503

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8EDFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCD8FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 2.1 Cyan · ΔE 2.1 Turquoise · ΔE 13.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.1 Aquamarine · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 2.14, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FC0200

Analogous#00FC80, #007CFC

Triadic#FC00FA, #FAFC00

Split complementary#FC007C, #FC8000

Tetradic#8000FC, #FC0200, #7CFC00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C9FFFF

Lighter +30%#96FEFF

Lighter +20%#63FEFF

Lighter +10%#30FDFF

Darker −10%#00C7C9

Darker −20%#009596

Darker −30%#006263

Darker −40%#003030

More saturated +25%#00FAFC

Less saturated −25%#20DBDD

Channel breakdown

G250

B252

Red0 (0%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue180.48°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G FA · B FC

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