Recognised as Colour

#40DEDC

#40DEDC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#40DEDC is a cyan with RGB values 64, 222, 220 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

#40DEDC#40DEDC

HEX#40DEDC

RGBrgb(64, 222, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.8706, 0.8627

RGB percentages25.1%, 87.1%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(179.2, 70.5%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.2, 71.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK71.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,251,356

CSS custom property--colour: #40DEDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.585WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.7:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#BF2123

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0D3DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9C2DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00E5DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 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 text12.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.3 Turquoise · ΔE 7.9 Aqua · ΔE 13.4 Cyan · ΔE 13.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.43, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DE4042

Analogous#40DE8D, #4091DE

Triadic#DC40DE, #DEDC40

Split complementary#DE4091, #DE8D40

Tetradic#8D40DE, #DE4042, #91DE40

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEFCFC

Lighter +30%#C2F5F4

Lighter +20%#97EDEC

Lighter +10%#6BE6E4

Darker −10%#23C8C6

Darker −20%#1B9D9B

Darker −30%#147170

Darker −40%#0C4645

More saturated +25%#24FAF7

Less saturated −25%#5CC2C1

Channel breakdown

R64

G222

B220

Red64 (25.1%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue179.24°

Saturation (HSL)70.54%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 40 · G DE · B DC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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