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Recognised as Colour

#009ADE

  • #009ADE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#009ADE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 154, 222 and HSL 198°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#009ADE#009ADE
HEX#009ADE
RGBrgb(0, 154, 222)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6039, 0.8706
RGB percentages0%, 60.4%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(198.4, 100%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.4, 100%, 87.1%)
CMYK100%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer39,646
CSS custom property--colour: #009ADE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.68:1
Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#FF6521

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#799BE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E89DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00ABB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.9Steel blue · ΔE 15Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.6Light skyblue · ΔE 24.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.5Sky blue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE4400
Analogous#00DEB3, #002BDE
Triadic#DE009A, #9ADE00
Split complementary#DE002B, #DEB300
Tetradic#B300DE, #DE4400, #2BDE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABE5FF
Lighter +30%#78D6FF
Lighter +20%#45C6FF
Lighter +10%#12B6FF
Darker −10%#0077AB
Darker −20%#005378
Darker −30%#003045
Darker −40%#000C12
More saturated +25%#009ADE
Less saturated −25%#1C8FC2

Channel breakdown

R0
G154
B222
Red0 (0%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue198.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9A · B DE

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