#0DFDCD

sRGB: 13 / 253 / 205

#0DFDCD belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 13 red, 253 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 168.0° lands in the cyan region. Its 98.4% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 52.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (15.95:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 13, 253, 205
HSL: 168.00°, 98.36%, 52.16%
HSV / HSB: 168.00°, 94.86%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 94.86%, 0.00%, 18.97%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 46.308, 74.740, 69.745
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.271, -60.316, 9.110
WCAG relative luminance: 0.74744
24-bit decimal: 916941

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #0DFDCD in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 15.95:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.32:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FD0D3D sits half a turn (180°) from #0DFDCD on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#0DFDCD #FD0D3D

Analogous

#0DFD55 and #0DB5FD sit 30° to either side of #0DFDCD. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#0DFD55 #0DFDCD #0DB5FD

Triadic

#0DFDCD, #CD0DFD and #FDCD0D are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#0DFDCD #CD0DFD #FDCD0D

Split complementary

Start at #0DFDCD and look across the wheel. #FD0DB5 and #FD550D sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#0DFDCD #FD0DB5 #FD550D

Square

Starting with #0DFDCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #550DFD, #FD0D3D, then #B5FD0D. Across the square, #0DFDCD pairs with #FD0D3D, and #550DFD with #B5FD0D.

#0DFDCD #550DFD #FD0D3D #B5FD0D

Tetradic

#0DFDCD and #FD0D3D are opposites, as are #0D3DFD and #FDCD0D. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#0DFDCD #0D3DFD #FD0D3D #FDCD0D

Tints

Mixing #0DFDCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3DFDD7, keeps 80% of the original. By #CFFFF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#0DFDCD #3DFDD7 #6EFEE1 #9EFEEB #CFFFF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #0DFDCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #0ACAA4, keeps 80% of the original. By #033329, the mixture is 80% black.

#0DFDCD #0ACAA4 #08987B #056552 #033329 #000000

Tones

Mixing #0DFDCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #24E4BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #69998F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#0DFDCD #24E4BE #3BCBAE #52B29F #69998F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#0DFDCD

RGB

rgb(13 253 205)

HSL

hsl(168.000 98.361% 52.157%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #0DFDCD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#0DFDCD uses 13 red, 253 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 5.1%

Green 99.2%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #0DFDCD is 94.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 19.0% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 94.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 19.0%

Black 0.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #11FFCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #1FC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #0DFDCD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #00FFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #11FFCC Nearest web-safe: #00FFCC

Gradient to complement

#0DFDCD #35D5B5 #5DAD9D #858585 #AD5D6D #D53555 #FD0D3D

Color vision previews

Compare how #0DFDCD appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F5EBCB

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#DBD9D0

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#00FFEF

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C9F0CD

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BCE6CF

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0CFCDA

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#E0E0E0

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A5EFD7

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.00402 G 0.98225 B 0.61050

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.45859 G 0.97759 B 0.81355

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.17770 G 0.94978 B 0.62705

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.243 y 0.392 Y 74.740

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 94.902 M % 0.784 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00001101 11111101 11001101