Colour

#00ABDB

#00ABDB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00ABDB is a cyan with RGB values 0, 171, 219 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

#00ABDB#00ABDB

HEX#00ABDB

RGBrgb(0, 171, 219)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6706, 0.8588

RGB percentages0%, 67.1%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(193.2, 100%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(193.2, 100%, 85.9%)

CMYK100%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer43,995

CSS custom property--colour: #00ABDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3424WCAG 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 7.85:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#FF5424

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#91A8DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7897DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00B9BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 18.1 Sky blue · ΔE 19.9 Steel blue · ΔE 20.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 27.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DB3000

Analogous#00DB9D, #003EDB

Triadic#DB00AB, #ABDB00

Split complementary#DB003E, #DB9D00

Tetradic#9D00DB, #DB3000, #3EDB00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A8ECFF

Lighter +30%#75E1FF

Lighter +20%#42D6FF

Lighter +10%#0FCAFF

Darker −10%#0083A8

Darker −20%#005B75

Darker −30%#003442

Darker −40%#000C0F

More saturated +25%#00ABDB

Less saturated −25%#1B9CC0

Channel breakdown

G171

B219

Red0 (0%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue193.15°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G AB · B DB

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