Recognised as Colour
#04ECD4
- #04ECD4
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Turquoise
#04ECD4 is a cyan with RGB values 4, 236, 212 and HSL 174°, 97%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.
Colour values
#04ECD4#04ECD4
HEX#04ECD4
RGBrgb(4, 236, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.9255, 0.8314
RGB percentages1.6%, 92.5%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(173.8, 96.7%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.8, 98.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK98.3%, 0%, 10.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer322,772
CSS custom property--colour: #04ECD4;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.6477WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.95:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#FB132B
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.95:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#EC041C
Analogous#04EC60, #0490EC
Triadic#D404EC, #ECD404
Split complementary#EC0490, #EC6004
Tetradic#6004EC, #EC041C, #90EC04
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R4
G236
B212
Red4 (1.6%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue173.79°
Saturation (HSL)96.67%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 04 · G EC · B D4
Keep nerding
Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.
Nerdulate something else
Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page