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Recognised as Colour

#00AADF

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

#00AADF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 170, 223 and HSL 194°, 100%, 44%. 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

#00AADF#00AADF
HEX#00AADF
RGBrgb(0, 170, 223)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6667, 0.8745
RGB percentages0%, 66.7%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(194.3, 100%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.3, 100%, 87.5%)
CMYK100%, 23.8%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer43,743
CSS custom property--colour: #00AADF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.82:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#FF5520

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8EA8E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7596DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00B9BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.4Light skyblue · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 19.2Sky blue · ΔE 21.3Cadetblue · ΔE 29.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF3500
Analogous#00DFA5, #003ADF
Triadic#DF00AA, #AADF00
Split complementary#DF003A, #DFA500
Tetradic#A500DF, #DF3500, #3ADF00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACEBFF
Lighter +30%#79DFFF
Lighter +20%#46D3FF
Lighter +10%#13C7FF
Darker −10%#0083AC
Darker −20%#005C79
Darker −30%#003546
Darker −40%#000E13
More saturated +25%#00AADF
Less saturated −25%#1C9BC3

Channel breakdown

R0
G170
B223
Red0 (0%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue194.26°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AA · B DF

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