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Recognised as Colour

#00AEED

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

#00AEED is a cyan with RGB values 0, 174, 237 and HSL 196°, 100%, 46%. 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

#00AEED#00AEED
HEX#00AEED
RGBrgb(0, 174, 237)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6824, 0.9294
RGB percentages0%, 68.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(195.9, 100%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.9, 100%, 92.9%)
CMYK100%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer44,781
CSS custom property--colour: #00AEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.28:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#FF5112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8EADF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#739AECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 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 text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6.4Light skyblue · ΔE 19Steel blue · ΔE 20.4Sky blue · ΔE 23.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.9Light steelblue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 6.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED3F00
Analogous#00EDB5, #0038ED
Triadic#ED00AE, #AEED00
Split complementary#ED0038, #EDB500
Tetradic#B500ED, #ED3F00, #38ED00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAEDFF
Lighter +30%#87DFFF
Lighter +20%#54D2FF
Lighter +10%#21C4FF
Darker −10%#0089BA
Darker −20%#006387
Darker −30%#003E54
Darker −40%#001821
More saturated +25%#00AEED
Less saturated −25%#1EA0CF

Channel breakdown

R0
G174
B237
Red0 (0%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue195.95°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AE · B ED

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