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Colour

#009ADC

  • #009ADC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#009ADC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 154, 220 and HSL 198°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#009ADC#009ADC
HEX#009ADC
RGBrgb(0, 154, 220)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6039, 0.8627
RGB percentages0%, 60.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(198, 100%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198, 100%, 86.3%)
CMYK100%, 30%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer39,644
CSS custom property--colour: #009ADC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28279WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.66:1
Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#FF6523

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A9ADFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F89DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00ABB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 14.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.6Light skyblue · ΔE 24.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.7Sky blue · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 14.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC4200
Analogous#00DCB0, #002CDC
Triadic#DC009A, #9ADC00
Split complementary#DC002C, #DCB000
Tetradic#B000DC, #DC4200, #2CDC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A9E5FF
Lighter +30%#76D6FF
Lighter +20%#43C7FF
Lighter +10%#10B7FF
Darker −10%#0076A9
Darker −20%#005376
Darker −30%#002F43
Darker −40%#000B10
More saturated +25%#009ADC
Less saturated −25%#1C8FC1

Channel breakdown

R0
G154
B220
Red0 (0%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue198°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9A · B DC

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