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Recognised as Colour

#009FED

  • #009FED
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#009FED is a cyan with RGB values 0, 159, 237 and HSL 200°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#009FED#009FED
HEX#009FED
RGBrgb(0, 159, 237)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6235, 0.9294
RGB percentages0%, 62.4%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(199.7, 100%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.7, 100%, 92.9%)
CMYK100%, 32.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,941
CSS custom property--colour: #009FED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#FF6012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#79A1F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B8FECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.2Steel blue · ΔE 19.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.4Light skyblue · ΔE 26.9Sky blue · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED4E00
Analogous#00EDC4, #0029ED
Triadic#ED009F, #9FED00
Split complementary#ED0029, #EDC500
Tetradic#C400ED, #ED4E00, #28ED00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAE8FF
Lighter +30%#87D8FF
Lighter +20%#54C7FF
Lighter +10%#21B6FF
Darker −10%#007DBA
Darker −20%#005B87
Darker −30%#003854
Darker −40%#001621
More saturated +25%#009FED
Less saturated −25%#1E95CF

Channel breakdown

R0
G159
B237
Red0 (0%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue199.75°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9F · B ED

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