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Recognised as Colour

#009FE2

  • #009FE2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#009FE2 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 159, 226 and HSL 198°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#009FE2#009FE2
HEX#009FE2
RGBrgb(0, 159, 226)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6235, 0.8863
RGB percentages0%, 62.4%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(197.8, 100%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 100%, 88.6%)
CMYK100%, 29.6%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,930
CSS custom property--colour: #009FE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.06:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#FF601D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E9FE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#638EE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.8Steel blue · ΔE 16.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.9Light skyblue · ΔE 23.2Sky blue · ΔE 28.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E24300
Analogous#00E2B4, #002EE2
Triadic#E2009F, #9FE200
Split complementary#E2002E, #E2B400
Tetradic#B400E2, #E24300, #2EE200

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AFE7FF
Lighter +30%#7CD8FF
Lighter +20%#49C9FF
Lighter +10%#16BAFF
Darker −10%#007BAF
Darker −20%#00577C
Darker −30%#003349
Darker −40%#000F16
More saturated +25%#009FE2
Less saturated −25%#1C94C6

Channel breakdown

R0
G159
B226
Red0 (0%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue197.79°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9F · B E2

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