Recognised as Colour

#70FFE5

#70FFE5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#70FFE5 is a cyan with RGB values 112, 255, 229 and HSL 169°, 100%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#70FFE5#70FFE5

HEX#70FFE5

RGBrgb(112, 255, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.4392, 1, 0.898

RGB percentages43.9%, 100%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(169.1, 100%, 72%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.1, 56.1%, 100%)

CMYK56.1%, 0%, 10.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,405,541

CSS custom property--colour: #70FFE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.12:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#8F001A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5F1E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFE1E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 9 Turquoise · ΔE 11.7 Aqua · ΔE 15.3 Cyan · ΔE 15.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.1

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 8.98, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF708A

Analogous#70FF9E, #70D1FF

Triadic#E570FF, #FFE570

Split complementary#FF70D1, #FF9E70

Tetradic#9D70FF, #FF708A, #D1FF70

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D6FFF8

Lighter +10%#A3FFEE

Darker −10%#3DFFDC

Darker −20%#0AFFD2

Darker −30%#00D6AF

Darker −40%#00A385

More saturated +25%#70FFE5

Less saturated −25%#82EDDA

Channel breakdown

R112

G255

B229

Red112 (43.9%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue169.09°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness71.96%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 70 · G FF · B E5

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