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Recognised as Colour

#00ABED

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

#00ABED is a cyan with RGB values 0, 171, 237 and HSL 197°, 100%, 46%. 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

#00ABED#00ABED
HEX#00ABED
RGBrgb(0, 171, 237)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6706, 0.9294
RGB percentages0%, 67.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(196.7, 100%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.7, 100%, 92.9%)
CMYK100%, 27.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer44,013
CSS custom property--colour: #00ABED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3524WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.05:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#FF5412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8AAAF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E98ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.9Steel blue · ΔE 19.7Light skyblue · ΔE 20.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.8Sky blue · ΔE 25.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED4200
Analogous#00EDB9, #0034ED
Triadic#ED00AB, #ABED00
Split complementary#ED0034, #EDB900
Tetradic#B900ED, #ED4200, #34ED00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAECFF
Lighter +30%#87DEFF
Lighter +20%#54CFFF
Lighter +10%#21C1FF
Darker −10%#0086BA
Darker −20%#006187
Darker −30%#003D54
Darker −40%#001821
More saturated +25%#00ABED
Less saturated −25%#1E9ECF

Channel breakdown

R0
G171
B237
Red0 (0%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue196.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AB · B ED

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