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Recognised as Colour

#00ACDE

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

#00ACDE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 172, 222 and HSL 194°, 100%, 44%. 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

#00ACDE#00ACDE
HEX#00ACDE
RGBrgb(0, 172, 222)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6745, 0.8706
RGB percentages0%, 67.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(193.5, 100%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.5, 100%, 87.1%)
CMYK100%, 22.5%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer44,254
CSS custom property--colour: #00ACDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.96:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#FF5321

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91A9E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7898DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BABDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.1Light skyblue · ΔE 17.8Sky blue · ΔE 20.1Steel blue · ΔE 20.3Cadetblue · ΔE 28.4Light steelblue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE3200
Analogous#00DEA1, #003DDE
Triadic#DE00AC, #ACDE00
Split complementary#DE003D, #DEA100
Tetradic#A100DE, #DE3200, #3DDE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABECFF
Lighter +30%#78E1FF
Lighter +20%#45D5FF
Lighter +10%#12CAFF
Darker −10%#0084AB
Darker −20%#005D78
Darker −30%#003545
Darker −40%#000E12
More saturated +25%#00ACDE
Less saturated −25%#1C9DC2

Channel breakdown

R0
G172
B222
Red0 (0%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue193.51°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AC · B DE

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