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Recognised as Colour

#009DDE

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

#009DDE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 157, 222 and HSL 198°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#009DDE#009DDE
HEX#009DDE
RGBrgb(0, 157, 222)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6157, 0.8706
RGB percentages0%, 61.6%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(197.6, 100%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 100%, 87.1%)
CMYK100%, 29.3%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,414
CSS custom property--colour: #009DDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.88:1
Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#FF6221

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7D9DE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#638CDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.2Steel blue · ΔE 15.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.5Light skyblue · ΔE 23.2Sky blue · ΔE 28.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE4100
Analogous#00DEB0, #002EDE
Triadic#DE009D, #9DDE00
Split complementary#DE002E, #DEB000
Tetradic#B000DE, #DE4100, #2EDE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABE6FF
Lighter +30%#78D7FF
Lighter +20%#45C9FF
Lighter +10%#12BAFF
Darker −10%#0079AB
Darker −20%#005578
Darker −30%#003145
Darker −40%#000D12
More saturated +25%#009DDE
Less saturated −25%#1C92C2

Channel breakdown

R0
G157
B222
Red0 (0%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue197.57°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9D · B DE

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