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Recognised as Colour

#00AAE5

  • #00AAE5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00AAE5 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 170, 229 and HSL 195°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00AAE5#00AAE5
HEX#00AAE5
RGBrgb(0, 170, 229)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6667, 0.898
RGB percentages0%, 66.7%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(195.5, 100%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.5, 100%, 89.8%)
CMYK100%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer43,749
CSS custom property--colour: #00AAE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34407WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#FF551A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CA8E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7297E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00BABEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8Steel blue · ΔE 18.9Light skyblue · ΔE 18.9Sky blue · ΔE 23.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.9Light steelblue · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E53B00
Analogous#00E5AE, #0037E5
Triadic#E500AA, #AAE500
Split complementary#E50037, #E5AE00
Tetradic#AE00E5, #E53B00, #37E500

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2EBFF
Lighter +30%#7FDEFF
Lighter +20%#4CD1FF
Lighter +10%#19C4FF
Darker −10%#0084B2
Darker −20%#005E7F
Darker −30%#00384C
Darker −40%#001319
More saturated +25%#00AAE5
Less saturated −25%#1D9CC8

Channel breakdown

R0
G170
B229
Red0 (0%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue195.46°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AA · B E5

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