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Recognised as Colour

#009AE8

  • #009AE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#009AE8 is a blue with RGB values 0, 154, 232 and HSL 200°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#009AE8#009AE8
HEX#009AE8
RGBrgb(0, 154, 232)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6039, 0.9098
RGB percentages0%, 60.4%, 91%
HSLhsl(200.2, 100%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.2, 100%, 91%)
CMYK100%, 33.6%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer39,656
CSS custom property--colour: #009AE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28937WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.79:1
Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#FF6517

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#749CEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#568AE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.9Steel blue · ΔE 18.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.5Light skyblue · ΔE 28.1Sky blue · ΔE 34.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E84E00
Analogous#00E8C2, #0026E8
Triadic#E8009A, #9AE800
Split complementary#E80026, #E8C200
Tetradic#C200E8, #E84E00, #26E800

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B5E6FF
Lighter +30%#82D5FF
Lighter +20%#4FC4FF
Lighter +10%#1CB3FF
Darker −10%#0078B5
Darker −20%#005682
Darker −30%#00344F
Darker −40%#00131C
More saturated +25%#009AE8
Less saturated −25%#1D90CB

Channel breakdown

R0
G154
B232
Red0 (0%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue200.17°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9A · B E8

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