Recognised as Colour

#14DEF8

#14DEF8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#14DEF8 is a cyan with RGB values 20, 222, 248 and HSL 187°, 94%, 53%. 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

#14DEF8#14DEF8

HEX#14DEF8

RGBrgb(20, 222, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.8706, 0.9725

RGB percentages7.8%, 87.1%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(186.8, 94.2%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.8, 91.9%, 97.3%)

CMYK91.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,367,800

CSS custom property--colour: #14DEF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.9 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#B5B5B5

Inverted#EB2107

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8D5FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADC2F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E9E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 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 14.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.6 Aqua · ΔE 19.8 Cyan · ΔE 19.8 Sky blue · ΔE 20.5 Turquoise · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 14.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F82E14

Analogous#14F8A0, #146CF8

Triadic#F814DE, #DEF814

Split complementary#F8146C, #F8A014

Tetradic#A014F8, #F82E14, #6CF814

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DAFAFE

Lighter +30%#A9F3FC

Lighter +20%#77ECFB

Lighter +10%#46E5F9

Darker −10%#06BBD3

Darker −20%#058FA1

Darker −30%#036370

Darker −40%#02373E

More saturated +25%#0DE3FF

Less saturated −25%#32C7DA

Channel breakdown

R20

G222

B248

Red20 (7.8%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue186.84°

Saturation (HSL)94.21%

Lightness52.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 14 · G DE · B F8

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