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Recognised as Colour

#0081BE

  • #0081BE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0081BE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 129, 190 and HSL 199°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0081BE#0081BE
HEX#0081BE
RGBrgb(0, 129, 190)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5059, 0.7451
RGB percentages0%, 50.6%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(199.3, 100%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 100%, 74.5%)
CMYK100%, 32.1%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer33,214
CSS custom property--colour: #0081BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#FF7E41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6382C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4C73BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Tritanopia#009097no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 8.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 24Light slate grey · ΔE 29.7Slate grey · ΔE 29.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE3D00
Analogous#00BE9C, #0022BE
Triadic#BE0081, #81BE00
Split complementary#BE0022, #BE9C00
Tetradic#9C00BE, #BE3D00, #22BE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8BDAFF
Lighter +30%#58C9FF
Lighter +20%#25B9FF
Lighter +10%#00A4F1
Darker −10%#005E8B
Darker −20%#003C58
Darker −30%#001925
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0081BE
Less saturated −25%#1878A6

Channel breakdown

R0
G129
B190
Red0 (0%)
Green129 (50.6%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue199.26°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 81 · B BE

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