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Recognised as Colour

#00AACE

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

#00AACE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 170, 206 and HSL 190°, 100%, 40%. 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

#00AACE#00AACE
HEX#00AACE
RGBrgb(0, 170, 206)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6667, 0.8078
RGB percentages0%, 66.7%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(190.5, 100%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 100%, 80.8%)
CMYK100%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer43,726
CSS custom property--colour: #00AACE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.64:1
Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#FF5531

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94A5D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D95CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00B6B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.3Sky blue · ΔE 18.8Light skyblue · ΔE 20.1Cadetblue · ΔE 21.7Steel blue · ΔE 23.2Dark cyan · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 17.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE2400
Analogous#00CE8B, #0043CE
Triadic#CE00AA, #AACE00
Split complementary#CE0043, #CE8B00
Tetradic#8B00CE, #CE2400, #43CE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9BEEFF
Lighter +30%#68E5FF
Lighter +20%#35DCFF
Lighter +10%#02D3FF
Darker −10%#00809B
Darker −20%#005668
Darker −30%#002C35
Darker −40%#000202
More saturated +25%#00AACE
Less saturated −25%#1A99B4

Channel breakdown

R0
G170
B206
Red0 (0%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue190.49°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AA · B CE

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