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Recognised as Colour

#36EBEE

  • #36EBEE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#36EBEE is a cyan with RGB values 54, 235, 238 and HSL 181°, 84%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#36EBEE#36EBEE
HEX#36EBEE
RGBrgb(54, 235, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.9216, 0.9333
RGB percentages21.2%, 92.2%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(181, 84.4%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181, 77.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK77.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,599,342
CSS custom property--colour: #36EBEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.27:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#C91411

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBE0EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1CDEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00F3EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 8.7Cyan · ΔE 8.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 11Turquoise · ΔE 11.1Light seagreen · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 8.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE3936
Analogous#36EE95, #368FEE
Triadic#EE36EB, #EBEE36
Split complementary#EE368F, #EE9536
Tetradic#9536EE, #EE3936, #8FEE36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2FEFE
Lighter +30%#C3F9FA
Lighter +20%#94F4F6
Lighter +10%#65F0F2
Darker −10%#13DBDE
Darker −20%#0FADAF
Darker −30%#0B7E80
Darker −40%#075051
More saturated +25%#25FBFF
Less saturated −25%#51D1D3

Channel breakdown

R54
G235
B238
Red54 (21.2%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue180.98°
Saturation (HSL)84.4%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 36 · G EB · B EE

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