What color is #00FFDD?

#00FFDD is a vivid spring green known as Ice Ice Baby. It belongs to the teal family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Ice Ice Baby?

The RGB value is 0, 255, 221: 0 red, 255 green and 221 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Ice Ice Baby?

The complementary color is #FF0022, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #00FFDD?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.35:1 and white text 1.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Ice Ice Baby color: hex code #00FFDD

#00FFDD rgb(0, 255, 221)

Shades of teal

Ice Ice Baby has the hex code #00FFDD. It is a vivid spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 0% red, 100% green and 86.7% blue (0, 255, 221).

Its hue angle is 172°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 100% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 16.35:1).

Ice Ice Baby (#00FFDD) color codes

HEX	`#00FFDD`
RGB	`rgb(0, 255, 221)`
RGB percent	`rgb(0%, 100%, 86.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(172, 100%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(172, 100%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(100%, 0%, 13%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(90.2, -57.37, 2.16)`
CIE LCH	`lch(90.2, 57.41, 177.85)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(48.804, 76.734, 80.631)`
Decimal	`65501`
Short hex	`#0FD`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Ice Ice Baby, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #00FFDD	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	16.35:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#00FFDD as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	16.35:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #00FFDD looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #00ffdd; }
.text { color: #00ffdd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #00ffdd; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(0 255 221 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #00ffdd, #00a2ff); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #00FFDD on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #00FFDD?: #00FFDD is a vivid spring green known as Ice Ice Baby. It belongs to the teal family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Ice Ice Baby?: The RGB value is 0, 255, 221: 0 red, 255 green and 221 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Ice Ice Baby?: The complementary color is #FF0022, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #00FFDD?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.35:1 and white text 1.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.