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Recognised as Colour

#00A5F3

  • #00A5F3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00A5F3 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 165, 243 and HSL 199°, 100%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00A5F3#00A5F3
HEX#00A5F3
RGBrgb(0, 165, 243)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6471, 0.9529
RGB percentages0%, 64.7%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(199.3, 100%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 100%, 95.3%)
CMYK100%, 32.1%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer42,483
CSS custom property--colour: #00A5F3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#FF5A0C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7FA7F6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6194F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B9C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.3Steel blue · ΔE 20.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.6Light skyblue · ΔE 25.5Sky blue · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F34E00
Analogous#00F3C7, #002CF3
Triadic#F300A5, #A5F300
Split complementary#F3002C, #F3C700
Tetradic#C700F3, #F34E00, #2CF300

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0EBFF
Lighter +30%#8DDAFF
Lighter +20%#5ACAFF
Lighter +10%#27BAFF
Darker −10%#0082C0
Darker −20%#00608D
Darker −30%#003D5A
Darker −40%#001A27
More saturated +25%#00A5F3
Less saturated −25%#1E9AD5

Channel breakdown

R0
G165
B243
Red0 (0%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue199.26°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A5 · B F3

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