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Recognised as Colour

#00A6F1

  • #00A6F1
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00A6F1 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 166, 241 and HSL 199°, 100%, 47%. 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

#00A6F1#00A6F1
HEX#00A6F1
RGBrgb(0, 166, 241)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.651, 0.9451
RGB percentages0%, 65.1%, 94.5%
HSLhsl(198.7, 100%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.7, 100%, 94.5%)
CMYK100%, 31.1%, 0%, 5.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer42,737
CSS custom property--colour: #00A6F1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.72:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#FF590E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#81A7F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6494F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00B9C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.8Steel blue · ΔE 20.1Light skyblue · ΔE 24.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.5Sky blue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F14B00
Analogous#00F1C4, #002DF1
Triadic#F100A6, #A6F100
Split complementary#F1002E, #F1C400
Tetradic#C300F1, #F14B00, #2DF100

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BEEBFF
Lighter +30%#8BDBFF
Lighter +20%#58CBFF
Lighter +10%#25BBFF
Darker −10%#0083BE
Darker −20%#00608B
Darker −30%#003D58
Darker −40%#001925
More saturated +25%#00A6F1
Less saturated −25%#1E9BD3

Channel breakdown

R0
G166
B241
Red0 (0%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue241 (94.5%)
Hue198.67°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A6 · B F1

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