What color is #F0FFFF?

#F0FFFF is a very light, vivid cyan known as Vapour. It belongs to the white family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Vapour?

The RGB value is 240, 255, 255: 240 red, 255 green and 255 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Vapour?

The complementary color is #FFF0F0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #F0FFFF?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 20.45:1 and white text 1.03:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Vapour color: hex code #F0FFFF

#F0FFFF rgb(240, 255, 255)

Shades of white

Vapour has the hex code #F0FFFF. It is a very light, vivid cyan.

In the RGB color model it is made of 94.1% red, 100% green and 100% blue (240, 255, 255).

Its hue angle is 180°, with 100% saturation and 97% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 20.45:1).

Vapour (#F0FFFF) color codes

HEX	`#F0FFFF`
RGB	`rgb(240, 255, 255)`
RGB percent	`rgb(94.1%, 100%, 100%)`
HSL	`hsl(180, 100%, 97%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(180, 6%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(6%, 0%, 0%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(98.93, -4.88, -1.69)`
CIE LCH	`lch(98.93, 5.16, 199.08)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(89.741, 97.264, 108.634)`
Decimal	`15794175`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Vapour, 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 #F0FFFF	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	20.45:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.03:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#F0FFFF as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.03:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	20.45:1	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 #F0FFFF looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #f0ffff; }
.text { color: #f0ffff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f0ffff; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(240 255 255 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #f0ffff, #f0f8ff); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #F0FFFF on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #F0FFFF?: #F0FFFF is a very light, vivid cyan known as Vapour. It belongs to the white family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Vapour?: The RGB value is 240, 255, 255: 240 red, 255 green and 255 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Vapour?: The complementary color is #FFF0F0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #F0FFFF?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 20.45:1 and white text 1.03:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.