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Recognised as Colour

#00A3DC

  • #00A3DC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00A3DC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 163, 220 and HSL 196°, 100%, 43%. 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

#00A3DC#00A3DC
HEX#00A3DC
RGBrgb(0, 163, 220)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6392, 0.8627
RGB percentages0%, 63.9%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(195.5, 100%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.5, 100%, 86.3%)
CMYK100%, 25.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer41,948
CSS custom property--colour: #00A3DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.27:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#FF5C23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#86A2DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D90DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.8Steel blue · ΔE 16.4Light skyblue · ΔE 20.2Sky blue · ΔE 23.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.6Light slate grey · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC3900
Analogous#00DCA7, #0035DC
Triadic#DC00A3, #A3DC00
Split complementary#DC0035, #DCA700
Tetradic#A700DC, #DC3900, #35DC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A9E9FF
Lighter +30%#76DCFF
Lighter +20%#43CEFF
Lighter +10%#10C1FF
Darker −10%#007DA9
Darker −20%#005776
Darker −30%#003243
Darker −40%#000C10
More saturated +25%#00A3DC
Less saturated −25%#1C96C1

Channel breakdown

R0
G163
B220
Red0 (0%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue195.55°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A3 · B DC

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