Recognised as Colour

#0AFAE5

#0AFAE5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#0AFAE5 is a cyan with RGB values 10, 250, 229 and HSL 175°, 96%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#0AFAE5#0AFAE5

HEX#0AFAE5

RGBrgb(10, 250, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.0392, 0.9804, 0.898

RGB percentages3.9%, 98%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(174.8, 96%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.8, 96%, 98%)

CMYK96%, 0%, 8.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer719,589

CSS custom property--colour: #0AFAE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74093WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.82:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#F5051A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDEBE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D7E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 11.6 Cyan · ΔE 11.6 Turquoise · ΔE 11.8 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 11.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FA0A1F

Analogous#0AFA6D, #0A97FA

Triadic#E50AFA, #FAE50A

Split complementary#FA0A97, #FA6D0A

Tetradic#6D0AFA, #FA0A1F, #97FA0A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D2FEFA

Lighter +30%#A0FDF5

Lighter +20%#6EFCF0

Lighter +10%#3CFBEA

Darker −10%#04CDBB

Darker −20%#039B8E

Darker −30%#026960

Darker −40%#013732

More saturated +25%#05FFE9

Less saturated −25%#29DBCB

Channel breakdown

R10

G250

B229

Red10 (3.9%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue174.75°

Saturation (HSL)96%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 0A · G FA · B E5

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