Colour

#00ACDC

#00ACDC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00ACDC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 172, 220 and HSL 193°, 100%, 43%. 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

#00ACDC#00ACDC

HEX#00ACDC

RGBrgb(0, 172, 220)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6745, 0.8627

RGB percentages0%, 67.5%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(193.1, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(193.1, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK100%, 21.8%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer44,252

CSS custom property--colour: #00ACDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.93:1

Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#FF5323

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#92A9DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7997DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00BABCno 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 text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9 Sky blue · ΔE 19.7 Steel blue · ΔE 20.6 Cadetblue · ΔE 27.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DC3000

Analogous#00DC9E, #003EDC

Triadic#DC00AC, #ACDC00

Split complementary#DC003E, #DC9E00

Tetradic#9E00DC, #DC3000, #3EDC00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A9ECFF

Lighter +30%#76E1FF

Lighter +20%#43D6FF

Lighter +10%#10CBFF

Darker −10%#0084A9

Darker −20%#005C76

Darker −30%#003443

Darker −40%#000D10

More saturated +25%#00ACDC

Less saturated −25%#1C9CC1

Channel breakdown

G172

B220

Red0 (0%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue193.09°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G AC · B DC

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Colour values

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