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Colour

#00ADF3

  • #00ADF3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00ADF3 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 173, 243 and HSL 197°, 100%, 48%. 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

#00ADF3#00ADF3
HEX#00ADF3
RGBrgb(0, 173, 243)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6784, 0.9529
RGB percentages0%, 67.8%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(197.3, 100%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.3, 100%, 95.3%)
CMYK100%, 28.8%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer44,531
CSS custom property--colour: #00ADF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.27:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#FF520C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8BADF6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E9AF2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.3Steel blue · ΔE 20.9Light skyblue · ΔE 21.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.5Sky blue · ΔE 27Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F34600
Analogous#00F3BF, #0034F3
Triadic#F300AD, #ADF300
Split complementary#F30034, #F3BF00
Tetradic#BF00F3, #F34600, #33F300

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0EDFF
Lighter +30%#8DDEFF
Lighter +20%#5ACFFF
Lighter +10%#27C1FF
Darker −10%#0089C0
Darker −20%#00648D
Darker −30%#00405A
Darker −40%#001C27
More saturated +25%#00ADF3
Less saturated −25%#1EA0D5

Channel breakdown

R0
G173
B243
Red0 (0%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue197.28°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AD · B F3

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