Colour

#0AE9E5

#0AE9E5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#0AE9E5 is a cyan with RGB values 10, 233, 229 and HSL 179°, 92%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#0AE9E5#0AE9E5

HEX#0AE9E5

RGBrgb(10, 233, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.0392, 0.9137, 0.898

RGB percentages3.9%, 91.4%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(178.9, 91.8%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.9, 95.7%, 91.4%)

CMYK95.7%, 0%, 1.7%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer715,237

CSS custom property--colour: #0AE9E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.8:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#F5161A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DADCE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFC9E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00F0E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.9 Aqua · ΔE 8 Cyan · ΔE 8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E90A0E

Analogous#0AE975, #0A7EE9

Triadic#E50AE9, #E9E50A

Split complementary#E90A7E, #E9750A

Tetradic#750AE9, #E90A0E, #7EE90A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3FCFB

Lighter +30%#92FAF8

Lighter +20%#61F8F5

Lighter +10%#30F6F3

Darker −10%#08B8B5

Darker −20%#068785

Darker −30%#045655

Darker −40%#022525

More saturated +25%#00F3EF

Less saturated −25%#28CBC8

Channel breakdown

R10

G233

B229

Red10 (3.9%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue178.92°

Saturation (HSL)91.77%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 0A · G E9 · B E5

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