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Recognised as Colour

#009BE0

  • #009BE0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#009BE0 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 155, 224 and HSL 198°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#009BE0#009BE0
HEX#009BE0
RGBrgb(0, 155, 224)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6078, 0.8784
RGB percentages0%, 60.8%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(198.5, 100%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 100%, 87.8%)
CMYK100%, 30.8%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer39,904
CSS custom property--colour: #009BE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.76:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#FF641F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#799CE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E8ADFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00ACB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.7Steel blue · ΔE 15.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.2Light skyblue · ΔE 24.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.1Sky blue · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E04500
Analogous#00E0B5, #002BE0
Triadic#E0009B, #9BE000
Split complementary#E0002B, #E0B500
Tetradic#B500E0, #E04500, #2BE000

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADE6FF
Lighter +30%#7AD6FF
Lighter +20%#47C6FF
Lighter +10%#14B7FF
Darker −10%#0078AD
Darker −20%#00547A
Darker −30%#003147
Darker −40%#000E14
More saturated +25%#009BE0
Less saturated −25%#1C90C4

Channel breakdown

R0
G155
B224
Red0 (0%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue198.48°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9B · B E0

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