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Colour

#00AAEE

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

#00AAEE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 170, 238 and HSL 197°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00AAEE#00AAEE
HEX#00AAEE
HEX (short)#0AE
RGBrgb(0, 170, 238)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6667, 0.9333
RGB percentages0%, 66.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(197.1, 100%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 100%, 93.3%)
CMYK100%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer43,758
CSS custom property--colour: #00AAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#FF5511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#88AAF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C97EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.8Steel blue · ΔE 19.6Light skyblue · ΔE 21Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.7Sky blue · ΔE 26.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.77, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE4400
Analogous#00EEBB, #0033EE
Triadic#EE00AA, #AAEE00
Split complementary#EE0033, #EEBB00
Tetradic#BB00EE, #EE4400, #33EE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBECFF
Lighter +30%#88DDFF
Lighter +20%#55CEFF
Lighter +10%#22C0FF
Darker −10%#0086BB
Darker −20%#006188
Darker −30%#003D55
Darker −40%#001822
More saturated +25%#00AAEE
Less saturated −25%#1E9DD0

Channel breakdown

R0
G170
B238
Red0 (0%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue197.14°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AA · B EE

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