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Recognised as Colour

#00ACFD

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

#00ACFD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 172, 253 and HSL 199°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00ACFD#00ACFD
HEX#00ACFD
RGBrgb(0, 172, 253)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6745, 0.9922
RGB percentages0%, 67.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(199.2, 100%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 100%, 99.2%)
CMYK100%, 32%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer44,285
CSS custom property--colour: #00ACFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.32:1
Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#FF5302

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85AEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#659AFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.2Steel blue · ΔE 23.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.6Light skyblue · ΔE 25.3Sky blue · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD5100
Analogous#00FDCF, #002EFD
Triadic#FD00AC, #ACFD00
Split complementary#FD002E, #FDCF00
Tetradic#CF00FD, #FD5100, #2EFD00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAEEFF
Lighter +30%#97DEFF
Lighter +20%#64CDFF
Lighter +10%#31BDFF
Darker −10%#0089CA
Darker −20%#006797
Darker −30%#004464
Darker −40%#002131
More saturated +25%#00ACFD
Less saturated −25%#20A1DD

Channel breakdown

R0
G172
B253
Red0 (0%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue199.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AC · B FD

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