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Recognised as Colour

#00A7E0

  • #00A7E0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00A7E0 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 167, 224 and HSL 195°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00A7E0#00A7E0
HEX#00A7E0
RGBrgb(0, 167, 224)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6549, 0.8784
RGB percentages0%, 65.5%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(195.3, 100%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.3, 100%, 87.8%)
CMYK100%, 25.4%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer42,976
CSS custom property--colour: #00A7E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.6:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#FF581F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8AA5E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7094DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B6BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.4Steel blue · ΔE 17.8Light skyblue · ΔE 19.3Sky blue · ΔE 23.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.4Light steelblue · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.38, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E03900
Analogous#00E0A9, #0037E0
Triadic#E000A7, #A7E000
Split complementary#E00037, #E0A900
Tetradic#A900E0, #E03900, #37E000

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADEAFF
Lighter +30%#7ADDFF
Lighter +20%#47D0FF
Lighter +10%#14C3FF
Darker −10%#0081AD
Darker −20%#005B7A
Darker −30%#003547
Darker −40%#000F14
More saturated +25%#00A7E0
Less saturated −25%#1C99C4

Channel breakdown

R0
G167
B224
Red0 (0%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue195.27°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A7 · B E0

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