Colour

#15FFF9

#15FFF9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#15FFF9 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 255, 249 and HSL 178°, 100%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#15FFF9#15FFF9

HEX#15FFF9

RGBrgb(21, 255, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.0824, 1, 0.9765

RGB percentages8.2%, 100%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(178.5, 100%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.5, 91.8%, 100%)

CMYK91.8%, 0%, 2.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,441,785

CSS custom property--colour: #15FFF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.7:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#EA0006

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFF1F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2DDFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 3.2 Cyan · ΔE 3.2 Turquoise · ΔE 13.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 3.21, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF151B

Analogous#15FF84, #1590FF

Triadic#F915FF, #FFF915

Split complementary#FF1590, #FF8415

Tetradic#8415FF, #FF151B, #90FF15

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1FFFE

Lighter +30%#AEFFFD

Lighter +20%#7BFFFC

Lighter +10%#48FFFA

Darker −10%#00E1DB

Darker −20%#00AEAA

Darker −30%#007B78

Darker −40%#004846

More saturated +25%#15FFF9

Less saturated −25%#32E2DD

Channel breakdown

R21

G255

B249

Red21 (8.2%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue178.46°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 15 · G FF · B F9

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