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Recognised as Colour

#009FD2

  • #009FD2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#009FD2 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 159, 210 and HSL 195°, 100%, 41%. 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

#009FD2#009FD2
HEX#009FD2
RGBrgb(0, 159, 210)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6235, 0.8235
RGB percentages0%, 62.4%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(194.6, 100%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.6, 100%, 82.4%)
CMYK100%, 24.3%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,914
CSS custom property--colour: #009FD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.89:1
Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#FF602D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#859DD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D8CD1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.1 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 text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.3Steel blue · ΔE 15.6Light skyblue · ΔE 20.7Sky blue · ΔE 23.1Cadetblue · ΔE 28.4Light slate grey · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D23300
Analogous#00D29C, #0036D2
Triadic#D2009F, #9FD200
Split complementary#D20036, #D29C00
Tetradic#9C00D2, #D23300, #36D200

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9FE8FF
Lighter +30%#6CDBFF
Lighter +20%#39CFFF
Lighter +10%#06C3FF
Darker −10%#00789F
Darker −20%#00526C
Darker −30%#002B39
Darker −40%#000506
More saturated +25%#009FD2
Less saturated −25%#1A92B8

Channel breakdown

R0
G159
B210
Red0 (0%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue194.57°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9F · B D2

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