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Recognised as Colour

#00AEE2

  • #00AEE2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00AEE2 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 174, 226 and HSL 194°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00AEE2#00AEE2
HEX#00AEE2
RGBrgb(0, 174, 226)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6824, 0.8863
RGB percentages0%, 68.2%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(193.8, 100%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.8, 100%, 88.6%)
CMYK100%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer44,770
CSS custom property--colour: #00AEE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.15:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#FF511D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93ABE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7999E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.8Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 20.3Steel blue · ΔE 20.7Cadetblue · ΔE 29.5Light steelblue · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E23400
Analogous#00E2A5, #003DE2
Triadic#E200AE, #AEE200
Split complementary#E2003D, #E2A500
Tetradic#A500E2, #E23400, #3DE200

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AFEDFF
Lighter +30%#7CE1FF
Lighter +20%#49D5FF
Lighter +10%#16C9FF
Darker −10%#0087AF
Darker −20%#005F7C
Darker −30%#003849
Darker −40%#001116
More saturated +25%#00AEE2
Less saturated −25%#1C9FC6

Channel breakdown

R0
G174
B226
Red0 (0%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue193.81°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AE · B E2

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