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Recognised as Colour

#00A6F8

  • #00A6F8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00A6F8 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 166, 248 and HSL 200°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00A6F8#00A6F8
HEX#00A6F8
RGBrgb(0, 166, 248)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.651, 0.9725
RGB percentages0%, 65.1%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(199.8, 100%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.8, 100%, 97.3%)
CMYK100%, 33.1%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer42,744
CSS custom property--colour: #00A6F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.81:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#FF5907

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7EA8FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F95F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00BAC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.6Steel blue · ΔE 22.4Light skyblue · ΔE 26.9Sky blue · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 15.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F85200
Analogous#00F8CE, #002AF8
Triadic#F800A6, #A6F800
Split complementary#F8002A, #F8CE00
Tetradic#CE00F8, #F85200, #2AF800

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5ECFF
Lighter +30%#92DBFF
Lighter +20%#5FCAFF
Lighter +10%#2CB9FF
Darker −10%#0084C5
Darker −20%#006292
Darker −30%#00405F
Darker −40%#001D2C
More saturated +25%#00A6F8
Less saturated −25%#1F9BD9

Channel breakdown

R0
G166
B248
Red0 (0%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue199.84°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A6 · B F8

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