Colour

#00AAEB

#00AAEB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00AAEB is a cyan with RGB values 0, 170, 235 and HSL 197°, 100%, 46%. 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

#00AAEB#00AAEB

HEX#00AAEB

RGBrgb(0, 170, 235)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6667, 0.9216

RGB percentages0%, 66.7%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(196.6, 100%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.6, 100%, 92.2%)

CMYK100%, 27.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer43,755

CSS custom property--colour: #00AAEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34748WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.95:1

Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#FF5514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8AA9EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E97EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00BBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.1 Steel blue · ΔE 19.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 20.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.1 Sky blue · ΔE 25.4 Dodgerblue · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.14, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EB4100

Analogous#00EBB7, #0034EB

Triadic#EB00AA, #AAEB00

Split complementary#EB0034, #EBB600

Tetradic#B700EB, #EB4100, #35EB00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B8EBFF

Lighter +30%#85DDFF

Lighter +20%#52CFFF

Lighter +10%#1FC1FF

Darker −10%#0085B8

Darker −20%#006085

Darker −30%#003B52

Darker −40%#00161F

More saturated +25%#00AAEB

Less saturated −25%#1D9DCE

Channel breakdown

G170

B235

Red0 (0%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue196.6°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G AA · B EB

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