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Recognised as Colour

#00A5DE

  • #00A5DE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00A5DE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 165, 222 and HSL 195°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00A5DE#00A5DE
HEX#00A5DE
RGBrgb(0, 165, 222)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6471, 0.8706
RGB percentages0%, 64.7%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(195.4, 100%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.4, 100%, 87.1%)
CMYK100%, 25.7%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer42,462
CSS custom property--colour: #00A5DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.44:1
Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#FF5A21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#88A3E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E92DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.1Steel blue · ΔE 17.1Light skyblue · ΔE 19.7Sky blue · ΔE 23.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 27Light steelblue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE3900
Analogous#00DEA8, #0036DE
Triadic#DE00A5, #A5DE00
Split complementary#DE0036, #DEA800
Tetradic#A800DE, #DE3900, #36DE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABE9FF
Lighter +30%#78DCFF
Lighter +20%#45CFFF
Lighter +10%#12C2FF
Darker −10%#007FAB
Darker −20%#005978
Darker −30%#003345
Darker −40%#000D12
More saturated +25%#00A5DE
Less saturated −25%#1C97C2

Channel breakdown

R0
G165
B222
Red0 (0%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue195.41°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A5 · B DE

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