Colour

#00ADF5

#00ADF5
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00ADF5 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 173, 245 and HSL 198°, 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

#00ADF5#00ADF5

HEX#00ADF5

RGBrgb(0, 173, 245)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6784, 0.9608

RGB percentages0%, 67.8%, 96.1%

HSLhsl(197.6, 100%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 100%, 96.1%)

CMYK100%, 29.4%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer44,533

CSS custom property--colour: #00ADF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3648WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.3:1

Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#FF520A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8AADF8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D9AF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00BFC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9 Steel blue · ΔE 21.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 21.7 Sky blue · ΔE 27.8 Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.03, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F54800

Analogous#00F5C2, #0033F5

Triadic#F500AD, #ADF500

Split complementary#F50033, #F5C200

Tetradic#C200F5, #F54800, #33F500

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C2EDFF

Lighter +30%#8FDEFF

Lighter +20%#5CCFFF

Lighter +10%#29C0FF

Darker −10%#0089C2

Darker −20%#00658F

Darker −30%#00415C

Darker −40%#001D29

More saturated +25%#00ADF5

Less saturated −25%#1FA0D6

Channel breakdown

G173

B245

Red0 (0%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue245 (96.1%)

Hue197.63°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G AD · B F5

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