Cyan color

Cyan #00FFFF

#00FFFF · rgb(0, 255, 255)

Cyan is the color #00FFFF. In RGB it is rgb(0, 255, 255) — 0% red, 100% green and 100% blue. Its CMYK breakdown is 100% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black, and in HSL it sits at 180° hue, 100% saturation and 50% lightness. Cyan is one of the 140 standard CSS / HTML color names, so color: cyan works in CSS. The closest web-safe color is #00FFFF.

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Cyan color codes

Hex#00FFFF
RGBrgb(0, 255, 255)
RGB %0%, 100%, 100%
HSLhsl(180, 100%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 100%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(100%, 0%, 0%, 0%)
OKLCHoklch(91% 0.155 195)
Closest web-safe#00FFFF

Contrast

Contrast ratio of Cyan against white and black text (WCAG 2.1 needs 4.5:1 for body text).

White text — 1.25:1 Black text — 16.75:1

Shades, tints & tones

Shades — toward black
Tints — toward white
Tones — toward gray

Color harmonies

Complementary
Analogous
Split-complementary
Triadic
Tetradic
Square
Rainbow

Colors similar to Cyan

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