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Recognised as Colour

#40F8EE

  • #40F8EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#40F8EE is a cyan with RGB values 64, 248, 238 and HSL 177°, 93%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#40F8EE#40F8EE
HEX#40F8EE
RGBrgb(64, 248, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.9725, 0.9333
RGB percentages25.1%, 97.3%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(176.7, 92.9%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.7, 74.2%, 97.3%)
CMYK74.2%, 0%, 4%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,258,030
CSS custom property--colour: #40F8EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.88:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#BF0711

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAEBEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D8F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00FFF5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 6.4Cyan · ΔE 6.4Turquoise · ΔE 9.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.1Aquamarine · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 6.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8404A
Analogous#40F892, #40A6F8
Triadic#EE40F8, #F8EE40
Split complementary#F840A6, #F89240
Tetradic#9240F8, #F8404A, #A6F840

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D4FDFB
Lighter +20%#A2FCF7
Lighter +10%#71FAF2
Darker −10%#0FF6EA
Darker −20%#07CBC0
Darker −30%#069991
Darker −40%#046863
More saturated +25%#39FFF4
Less saturated −25%#59DFD8

Channel breakdown

R64
G248
B238
Red64 (25.1%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue176.74°
Saturation (HSL)92.93%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 40 · G F8 · B EE

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