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Recognised as Colour

#00A3CA

  • #00A3CA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00A3CA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 163, 202 and HSL 192°, 100%, 40%. 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

#00A3CA#00A3CA
HEX#00A3CA
RGBrgb(0, 163, 202)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6392, 0.7922
RGB percentages0%, 63.9%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(191.6, 100%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.6, 100%, 79.2%)
CMYK100%, 19.3%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer41,930
CSS custom property--colour: #00A3CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30459WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.3 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#838383
Inverted#FF5C35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D9FCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#768FCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 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 16.9Steel blue · ΔE 20Sky blue · ΔE 20.3Light skyblue · ΔE 20.7Cadetblue · ΔE 22.5Dark cyan · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 16.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA2700
Analogous#00CA8C, #003ECA
Triadic#CA00A3, #A3CA00
Split complementary#CA003E, #CA8C00
Tetradic#8C00CA, #CA2700, #3ECA00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#97EBFF
Lighter +30%#64E1FF
Lighter +20%#31D7FF
Lighter +10%#00CCFD
Darker −10%#007A97
Darker −20%#005164
Darker −30%#002831
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A3CA
Less saturated −25%#1994B1

Channel breakdown

R0
G163
B202
Red0 (0%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue191.58°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A3 · B CA

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