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Recognised as Colour

#40DEDB

  • #40DEDB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#40DEDB is a cyan with RGB values 64, 222, 219 and HSL 179°, 71%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#40DEDB#40DEDB
HEX#40DEDB
RGBrgb(64, 222, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.8706, 0.8588
RGB percentages25.1%, 87.1%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(178.9, 70.5%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.9, 71.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK71.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,251,355
CSS custom property--colour: #40DEDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.69:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#BF2124

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D3DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C2DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.5Turquoise · ΔE 7.4Aqua · ΔE 13.4Cyan · ΔE 13.4Light seagreen · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.35, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE4043
Analogous#40DE8C, #4092DE
Triadic#DB40DE, #DEDB40
Split complementary#DE4092, #DE8C40
Tetradic#8C40DE, #DE4043, #92DE40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEFCFC
Lighter +30%#C2F5F4
Lighter +20%#97EDEB
Lighter +10%#6BE6E3
Darker −10%#23C8C5
Darker −20%#1B9D9A
Darker −30%#147170
Darker −40%#0C4645
More saturated +25%#24FAF6
Less saturated −25%#5CC2C0

Channel breakdown

R64
G222
B219
Red64 (25.1%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue178.86°
Saturation (HSL)70.54%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 40 · G DE · B DB

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