Colour

#00ACCD

#00ACCD
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#00ACCD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 172, 205 and HSL 190°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#00ACCD#00ACCD

HEX#00ACCD

RGBrgb(0, 172, 205)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6745, 0.8039

RGB percentages0%, 67.5%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(189.7, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.7, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK100%, 16.1%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer44,237

CSS custom property--colour: #00ACCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1

Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#FF5332

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#97A7CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8096CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00B7B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 18.5 Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 20.6 Cadetblue · ΔE 20.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 18.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CD2100

Analogous#00CD87, #0046CD

Triadic#CD00AC, #ACCD00

Split complementary#CD0046, #CD8700

Tetradic#8700CD, #CD2100, #46CD00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9AEFFF

Lighter +30%#67E7FF

Lighter +20%#34DEFF

Lighter +10%#01D6FF

Darker −10%#00819A

Darker −20%#005667

Darker −30%#002C34

Darker −40%#000101

More saturated +25%#00ACCD

Less saturated −25%#1A9BB3

Channel breakdown

G172

B205

Red0 (0%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue189.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G AC · B CD

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Colour values

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