Colour

#40F2DD

#40F2DD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#40F2DD is a cyan with RGB values 64, 242, 221 and HSL 173°, 87%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#40F2DD#40F2DD

HEX#40F2DD

RGBrgb(64, 242, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.949, 0.8667

RGB percentages25.1%, 94.9%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(172.9, 87.3%, 60%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 73.6%, 94.9%)

CMYK73.6%, 0%, 8.7%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,256,477

CSS custom property--colour: #40F2DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69815WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.96:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#BF0D22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6E4DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CED2DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00F7EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.3 Aqua · ΔE 12.3 Cyan · ΔE 12.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.25, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F24055

Analogous#40F284, #40AEF2

Triadic#DD40F2, #F2DD40

Split complementary#F240AE, #F28440

Tetradic#8440F2, #F24055, #AEF240

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#CFFCF7

Lighter +20%#A0F9EE

Lighter +10%#70F5E6

Darker −10%#10EFD5

Darker −20%#0DBFAA

Darker −30%#0A8F80

Darker −40%#066055

More saturated +25%#33FFE7

Less saturated −25%#5AD9CA

Channel breakdown

R64

G242

B221

Red64 (25.1%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue172.92°

Saturation (HSL)87.25%

Lightness60%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 40 · G F2 · B DD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#40F2DD

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else