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Recognised as Colour

#009EE5

  • #009EE5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#009EE5 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 158, 229 and HSL 199°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#009EE5#009EE5
HEX#009EE5
RGBrgb(0, 158, 229)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6196, 0.898
RGB percentages0%, 62%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(198.6, 100%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.6, 100%, 89.8%)
CMYK100%, 31%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,677
CSS custom property--colour: #009EE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#FF611A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7B9FE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F8DE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.1Steel blue · ΔE 16.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.8Light skyblue · ΔE 24.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.3Sky blue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E54700
Analogous#00E5BA, #002BE5
Triadic#E5009E, #9EE500
Split complementary#E5002B, #E5BA00
Tetradic#BA00E5, #E54700, #2BE500

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2E7FF
Lighter +30%#7FD7FF
Lighter +20%#4CC8FF
Lighter +10%#19B8FF
Darker −10%#007BB2
Darker −20%#00587F
Darker −30%#00344C
Darker −40%#001119
More saturated +25%#009EE5
Less saturated −25%#1D93C8

Channel breakdown

R0
G158
B229
Red0 (0%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue198.6°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9E · B E5

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