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Recognised as Colour

#36ECFF

  • #36ECFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#36ECFF is a cyan with RGB values 54, 236, 255 and HSL 186°, 100%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#36ECFF#36ECFF
HEX#36ECFF
RGBrgb(54, 236, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.9255, 1
RGB percentages21.2%, 92.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(185.7, 100%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.7, 78.8%, 100%)
CMYK78.8%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,599,615
CSS custom property--colour: #36ECFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.6:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#C91300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDCFFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00F6F2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.8Aqua · ΔE 14.2Cyan · ΔE 14.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.2Turquoise · ΔE 19.6Sky blue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 13.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF4936
Analogous#36FFAD, #3688FF
Triadic#FF36EC, #ECFF36
Split complementary#FF3688, #FFAD36
Tetradic#AD36FF, #FF4936, #88FF36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CFFAFF
Lighter +20%#9CF6FF
Lighter +10%#69F1FF
Darker −10%#03E7FF
Darker −20%#00BBCF
Darker −30%#008D9C
Darker −40%#005F69
More saturated +25%#36ECFF
Less saturated −25%#4FD8E6

Channel breakdown

R54
G236
B255
Red54 (21.2%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue185.67°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 36 · G EC · B FF

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