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Recognised as Colour

#00A0ED

  • #00A0ED
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00A0ED is a cyan with RGB values 0, 160, 237 and HSL 199°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00A0ED#00A0ED
HEX#00A0ED
RGBrgb(0, 160, 237)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6275, 0.9294
RGB percentages0%, 62.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(199.5, 100%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 100%, 92.9%)
CMYK100%, 32.5%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer41,197
CSS custom property--colour: #00A0ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#FF5F12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7BA2F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D8FECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#00B3BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.6Steel blue · ΔE 19.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.2Light skyblue · ΔE 26.3Sky blue · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 15.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED4D00
Analogous#00EDC4, #0029ED
Triadic#ED00A0, #A0ED00
Split complementary#ED0029, #EDC400
Tetradic#C400ED, #ED4D00, #29ED00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAE9FF
Lighter +30%#87D8FF
Lighter +20%#54C7FF
Lighter +10%#21B7FF
Darker −10%#007EBA
Darker −20%#005B87
Darker −30%#003954
Darker −40%#001621
More saturated +25%#00A0ED
Less saturated −25%#1E96CF

Channel breakdown

R0
G160
B237
Red0 (0%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue199.49°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A0 · B ED

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