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Recognised as Colour

#009FE5

  • #009FE5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#009FE5 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 159, 229 and HSL 198°, 100%, 45%. 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

#009FE5#009FE5
HEX#009FE5
RGBrgb(0, 159, 229)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6235, 0.898
RGB percentages0%, 62.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(198.3, 100%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.3, 100%, 89.8%)
CMYK100%, 30.6%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,933
CSS custom property--colour: #009FE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30453WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.09:1
Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#FF601A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7DA0E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#618EE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#00B1B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.4Steel blue · ΔE 16.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.4Light skyblue · ΔE 24.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.1Sky blue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E54600
Analogous#00E5B8, #002DE5
Triadic#E5009F, #9FE500
Split complementary#E5002C, #E5B800
Tetradic#B900E5, #E54600, #2DE500

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2E7FF
Lighter +30%#7FD8FF
Lighter +20%#4CC8FF
Lighter +10%#19B9FF
Darker −10%#007CB2
Darker −20%#00587F
Darker −30%#00354C
Darker −40%#001119
More saturated +25%#009FE5
Less saturated −25%#1D94C8

Channel breakdown

R0
G159
B229
Red0 (0%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue198.34°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9F · B E5

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