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Recognised as Colour

#009EC8

  • #009EC8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#009EC8 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 158, 200 and HSL 193°, 100%, 39%. 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

#009EC8#009EC8
HEX#009EC8
RGBrgb(0, 158, 200)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6196, 0.7843
RGB percentages0%, 62%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(192.6, 100%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.6, 100%, 78.4%)
CMYK100%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,648
CSS custom property--colour: #009EC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.72:1
Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#FF6137

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#879BCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#708BC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#00AAACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.7Steel blue · ΔE 17.4Light skyblue · ΔE 21.3Sky blue · ΔE 21.7Cadetblue · ΔE 23.8Dark cyan · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 16.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C82A00
Analogous#00C88E, #003AC8
Triadic#C8009E, #9EC800
Split complementary#C8003A, #C88E00
Tetradic#8E00C8, #C82A00, #3AC800

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#95E9FF
Lighter +30%#62DEFF
Lighter +20%#2FD3FF
Lighter +10%#00C6FB
Darker −10%#007695
Darker −20%#004D62
Darker −30%#00252F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009EC8
Less saturated −25%#198FAF

Channel breakdown

R0
G158
B200
Red0 (0%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue192.6°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9E · B C8

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