Recognised as Colour

#31F8FF

#31F8FF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#31F8FF is a cyan with RGB values 49, 248, 255 and HSL 182°, 100%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#31F8FF#31F8FF

HEX#31F8FF

RGBrgb(49, 248, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.1922, 0.9725, 1

RGB percentages19.2%, 97.3%, 100%

HSLhsl(182, 100%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182, 80.8%, 100%)

CMYK80.8%, 2.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,275,007

CSS custom property--colour: #31F8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#CE0700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6ECFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CAD8FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

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

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 5.9 Cyan · ΔE 5.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.8 Turquoise · ΔE 15.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 5.89, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF3831

Analogous#31FF9F, #3191FF

Triadic#FF31F8, #F8FF31

Split complementary#FF3191, #FF9F31

Tetradic#9F31FF, #FF3831, #91FF31

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFFFF

Lighter +30%#CAFDFF

Lighter +20%#97FBFF

Lighter +10%#64FAFF

Darker −10%#00F4FD

Darker −20%#00C3CA

Darker −30%#009297

Darker −40%#006164

More saturated +25%#31F8FF

Less saturated −25%#4BE0E5

Channel breakdown

R49

G248

B255

Red49 (19.2%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue182.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness59.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 31 · G F8 · B FF

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