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Recognised as Colour

#15F3FE

  • #15F3FE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#15F3FE is a cyan with RGB values 21, 243, 254 and HSL 183°, 99%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#15F3FE#15F3FE
HEX#15F3FE
RGBrgb(21, 243, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.9529, 0.9961
RGB percentages8.2%, 95.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(182.8, 99.1%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.8, 91.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK91.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,438,718
CSS custom property--colour: #15F3FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.28:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#EA0C01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3D3FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00FDF6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 7.9Cyan · ΔE 7.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9Turquoise · ΔE 16.1Light seagreen · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 7.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE2015
Analogous#15FE95, #157EFE
Triadic#FE15F3, #F3FE15
Split complementary#FE157E, #FE9415
Tetradic#9515FE, #FE2015, #7FFE15

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0FDFF
Lighter +30%#ADFBFF
Lighter +20%#7BF8FE
Lighter +10%#48F6FE
Darker −10%#01D5DF
Darker −20%#01A4AC
Darker −30%#017479
Darker −40%#004347
More saturated +25%#14F4FF
Less saturated −25%#32D8E1

Channel breakdown

R21
G243
B254
Red21 (8.2%)
Green243 (95.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue182.83°
Saturation (HSL)99.15%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 15 · G F3 · B FE

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