Recognised as Colour

#0CDEF9

#0CDEF9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#0CDEF9 is a cyan with RGB values 12, 222, 249 and HSL 187°, 95%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#0CDEF9#0CDEF9

HEX#0CDEF9

RGBrgb(12, 222, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.8706, 0.9765

RGB percentages4.7%, 87.1%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(186.8, 95.2%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.8, 95.2%, 97.6%)

CMYK95.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer843,513

CSS custom property--colour: #0CDEF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.83:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3

Inverted#F32106

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8D5FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACC2F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original

Tritanopia#00EAE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1 Aqua · ΔE 20.1 Cyan · ΔE 20.1 Sky blue · ΔE 20.6 Turquoise · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 14.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F9270C

Analogous#0CF99E, #0C67F9

Triadic#F90CDE, #DEF90C

Split complementary#F90C67, #F99E0C

Tetradic#9E0CF9, #F9270C, #67F90C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3F9FE

Lighter +30%#A1F2FD

Lighter +20%#70ECFB

Lighter +10%#3EE5FA

Darker −10%#05B6CD

Darker −20%#048A9B

Darker −30%#035E69

Darker −40%#013138

More saturated +25%#06E3FF

Less saturated −25%#2BC6DA

Channel breakdown

R12

G222

B249

Red12 (4.7%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue186.84°

Saturation (HSL)95.18%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 0C · G DE · B F9

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