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Recognised as Colour

#00A8F6

  • #00A8F6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00A8F6 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 168, 246 and HSL 199°, 100%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00A8F6#00A8F6
HEX#00A8F6
RGBrgb(0, 168, 246)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6588, 0.9647
RGB percentages0%, 65.9%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(199, 100%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 100%, 96.5%)
CMYK100%, 31.7%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer43,254
CSS custom property--colour: #00A8F6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34659WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.93:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#FF5709

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#82A9F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6496F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.1Steel blue · ΔE 21.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.3Light skyblue · ΔE 24.9Sky blue · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F64E00
Analogous#00F6C9, #002DF6
Triadic#F600A8, #A8F600
Split complementary#F6002D, #F6C900
Tetradic#C900F6, #F64E00, #2DF600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3ECFF
Lighter +30%#90DCFF
Lighter +20%#5DCCFF
Lighter +10%#2ABBFF
Darker −10%#0085C3
Darker −20%#006290
Darker −30%#00405D
Darker −40%#001D2A
More saturated +25%#00A8F6
Less saturated −25%#1F9DD7

Channel breakdown

R0
G168
B246
Red0 (0%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue199.02°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A8 · B F6

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