Color Library
Cyan Color Code
HEX, RGB, HSL, and CMYK values for Cyan, plus its tints, shades, and similar colors.
HEX
#00FFFF
RGB
0, 255, 255
HSL
180, 100%, 50%
CMYK
100%, 0%, 0%, 0%
About Cyan
Cyan is a cool, vivid medium shade of blue, sitting at 180° on the color wheel with 100% saturation and 50% lightness.
For text or UI elements on a Cyan background, black text is more readable, giving a contrast ratio of 16.7:1 (AAA).
Its computed complementary color is #FF0000, closest in the library to Black.
Example text on Cyan
The Story Behind Cyan
Cyan comes from the Greek kyanos, meaning dark blue, even though the modern color reads as a bright blue-green. It's the "C" in CMYK printing, and it's also become closely tied to early computing and retro-futuristic design.
Shades and Tints of Cyan
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