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Recognised as Colour

#00A9C8

  • #00A9C8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#00A9C8 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 169, 200 and HSL 189°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#00A9C8#00A9C8
HEX#00A9C8
RGBrgb(0, 169, 200)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6627, 0.7843
RGB percentages0%, 66.3%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(189.3, 100%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.3, 100%, 78.4%)
CMYK100%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer43,464
CSS custom property--colour: #00A9C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.51:1
Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#FF5637

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95A4CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E94C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 19.2Cadetblue · ΔE 19.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.2Dark cyan · ΔE 21.3Light skyblue · ΔE 21.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 19.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C81F00
Analogous#00C883, #0045C8
Triadic#C800A9, #A9C800
Split complementary#C80045, #C88300
Tetradic#8300C8, #C81F00, #45C800

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#95EFFF
Lighter +30%#62E7FF
Lighter +20%#2FDFFF
Lighter +10%#00D4FB
Darker −10%#007E95
Darker −20%#005362
Darker −30%#00282F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A9C8
Less saturated −25%#1998AF

Channel breakdown

R0
G169
B200
Red0 (0%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue189.3°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A9 · B C8

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