Colour

#01ECF2

#01ECF2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#01ECF2 is a cyan with RGB values 1, 236, 242 and HSL 181°, 99%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#01ECF2#01ECF2

HEX#01ECF2

RGBrgb(1, 236, 242)

RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.9255, 0.949

RGB percentages0.4%, 92.5%, 94.9%

HSLhsl(181.5, 99.2%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.5, 99.6%, 94.9%)

CMYK99.6%, 2.5%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer126,194

CSS custom property--colour: #01ECF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.28:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#FE130D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DAE0F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFCCF3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00F5EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 7.7 Cyan · ΔE 7.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.9 Turquoise · ΔE 12.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13 Light seagreen · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 7.73, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F20701

Analogous#01F280, #0173F2

Triadic#F201EC, #ECF201

Split complementary#F20173, #F28001

Tetradic#8001F2, #F20701, #73F201

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C0FDFF

Lighter +30%#8DFCFF

Lighter +20%#5BFAFE

Lighter +10%#28F9FE

Darker −10%#01BABF

Darker −20%#01898C

Darker −30%#00575A

Darker −40%#002627

More saturated +25%#00EDF3

Less saturated −25%#1FCFD4

Channel breakdown

G236

B242

Red1 (0.4%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue242 (94.9%)

Hue181.49°

Saturation (HSL)99.18%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 01 · G EC · B F2

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