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Recognised as Colour

#00A9DF

  • #00A9DF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00A9DF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 169, 223 and HSL 195°, 100%, 44%. 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

#00A9DF#00A9DF
HEX#00A9DF
RGBrgb(0, 169, 223)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6627, 0.8745
RGB percentages0%, 66.3%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(194.5, 100%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 100%, 87.5%)
CMYK100%, 24.2%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer43,487
CSS custom property--colour: #00A9DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.74:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#FF5620

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DA7E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7495DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00B8BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.4Light skyblue · ΔE 18.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.7Sky blue · ΔE 21.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.3Cadetblue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF3600
Analogous#00DFA6, #0039DF
Triadic#DF00A9, #A9DF00
Split complementary#DF0039, #DFA600
Tetradic#A600DF, #DF3600, #39DF00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACEBFF
Lighter +30%#79DFFF
Lighter +20%#46D2FF
Lighter +10%#13C6FF
Darker −10%#0082AC
Darker −20%#005C79
Darker −30%#003546
Darker −40%#000E13
More saturated +25%#00A9DF
Less saturated −25%#1C9BC3

Channel breakdown

R0
G169
B223
Red0 (0%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue194.53°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A9 · B DF

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