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Colour

#00AADA

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

#00AADA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 170, 218 and HSL 193°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00AADA#00AADA
HEX#00AADA
RGBrgb(0, 170, 218)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6667, 0.8549
RGB percentages0%, 66.7%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(193.2, 100%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.2, 100%, 85.5%)
CMYK100%, 22%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer43,738
CSS custom property--colour: #00AADA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.76:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#FF5525

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90A7DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#7796D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00B8BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 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 text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.4Light skyblue · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 19.9Sky blue · ΔE 20.1Cadetblue · ΔE 27.3Light steelblue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA3000
Analogous#00DA9D, #003DDA
Triadic#DA00AA, #AADA00
Split complementary#DA003D, #DA9D00
Tetradic#9D00DA, #DA3000, #3DDA00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A7ECFF
Lighter +30%#74E0FF
Lighter +20%#41D5FF
Lighter +10%#0ECAFF
Darker −10%#0082A7
Darker −20%#005A74
Darker −30%#003341
Darker −40%#000B0E
More saturated +25%#00AADA
Less saturated −25%#1B9BBF

Channel breakdown

R0
G170
B218
Red0 (0%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue193.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AA · B DA

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