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Recognised as Colour

#0ADCED

  • #0ADCED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#0ADCED is a cyan with RGB values 10, 220, 237 and HSL 184°, 92%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#0ADCED#0ADCED
HEX#0ADCED
RGBrgb(10, 220, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.0392, 0.8627, 0.9294
RGB percentages3.9%, 86.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(184.5, 91.9%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.5, 95.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK95.8%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer711,917
CSS custom property--colour: #0ADCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57365WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.47:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#F52312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D2EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEBFEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00E6E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 13Aqua · ΔE 16.4Cyan · ΔE 16.4Turquoise · ΔE 18Light seagreen · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 9.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED1B0A
Analogous#0AED8C, #0A6BED
Triadic#ED0ADC, #DCED0A
Split complementary#ED0A6B, #ED8C0A
Tetradic#8C0AED, #ED1B0A, #6BED0A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6F9FD
Lighter +30%#95F3FB
Lighter +20%#65EDF8
Lighter +10%#34E8F6
Darker −10%#08AFBC
Darker −20%#06818B
Darker −30%#04545A
Darker −40%#022629
More saturated +25%#00E5F7
Less saturated −25%#29C2CE

Channel breakdown

R10
G220
B237
Red10 (3.9%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue184.49°
Saturation (HSL)91.9%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0A · G DC · B ED

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