Recognised as Colour

#24EDEA

#24EDEA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#24EDEA is a cyan with RGB values 36, 237, 234 and HSL 179°, 85%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#24EDEA#24EDEA

HEX#24EDEA

RGBrgb(36, 237, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.9294, 0.9176

RGB percentages14.1%, 92.9%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(179.1, 84.8%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.1, 84.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK84.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,420,202

CSS custom property--colour: #24EDEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.38:1

Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#DB1215

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDE1EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3CDEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Tritanopia#00F4ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 6.9 Cyan · ΔE 6.9 Turquoise · ΔE 8.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12 Light seagreen · ΔE 21.7

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED2427

Analogous#24ED86, #248BED

Triadic#EA24ED, #EDEA24

Split complementary#ED248C, #ED8524

Tetradic#8524ED, #ED2427, #8CED24

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1FCFC

Lighter +30%#B1F9F8

Lighter +20%#82F5F3

Lighter +10%#53F1EF

Darker −10%#11CDCA

Darker −20%#0D9E9C

Darker −30%#096F6D

Darker −40%#05403F

More saturated +25%#12FFFB

Less saturated −25%#42CFCD

Channel breakdown

R36

G237

B234

Red36 (14.1%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue179.1°

Saturation (HSL)84.81%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 24 · G ED · B EA

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