All About Color Cyan

#00FFFF

Cyan is a vibrant, blue-green color, resembling the color of the ocean. It's a refreshing and invigorating color, perfect for creating a lively and energetic space.

About Cyan

Cyan is a medium cyan color with the hex code #00FFFF. In RGB it is red 0, green 255, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 180°, saturation 100%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 100%, 0%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.25:1 on white and 16.75:1 on black.

#00FFFF Color Conversion

Hex triplet00, FF, FF
CMYK100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal0, 255, 255
HSL180°, 100%, 50%
RGB Octal0, 377, 377
HSV (HSB)180.00°, 100.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary0, 11111111, 11111111
CIE-L*AB91.12, -48.08, -14.14
RGB Percent0.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH91.12, 50.12, 196.39
XYZ53.81, 78.74, 106.97
CIE-L*UV91.12, -70.46, -15.20
xyY0.22, 0.33, 78.74
Hunter-Lab88.74, -47.04, -9.36
RYB0.00%, 50.00%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#00FFFF on a dark background: contrast 16.75:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#00FFFF on a light background: contrast 1.25:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Cyan, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Cyan. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#00FFFF · #5CFFFF · #00A3A3 · #FF0000 · #FF5C5C

Analogous palette

#00FF00 · #00FF80 · #00FFFF · #007FFF · #0000FF

Triadic palette

#00FFFF · #FF00FF · #FFFF00 · #5CFFFF · #FF5CFF

Tetradic palette

#00FFFF · #7F00FF · #FF0000 · #80FF00 · #00A3A3

Monochromatic palette

#006666 · #00B2B3 · #00FFFF · #4DFFFF · #99FFFF

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