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Recognised as Colour

#00AFD5

  • #00AFD5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00AFD5 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 175, 213 and HSL 191°, 100%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00AFD5#00AFD5
HEX#00AFD5
RGBrgb(0, 175, 213)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6863, 0.8353
RGB percentages0%, 68.6%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(190.7, 100%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.7, 100%, 83.5%)
CMYK100%, 17.8%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer45,013
CSS custom property--colour: #00AFD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.09:1
Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#FF502A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98AAD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8099D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.7Sky blue · ΔE 18Light skyblue · ΔE 18.9Cadetblue · ΔE 23.2Steel blue · ΔE 24.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 15.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D52600
Analogous#00D590, #0045D5
Triadic#D500AF, #AFD500
Split complementary#D50045, #D59000
Tetradic#9000D5, #D52600, #45D500

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A2EEFF
Lighter +30%#6FE5FF
Lighter +20%#3CDCFF
Lighter +10%#09D3FF
Darker −10%#0085A2
Darker −20%#005B6F
Darker −30%#00313C
Darker −40%#000709
More saturated +25%#00AFD5
Less saturated −25%#1B9EBA

Channel breakdown

R0
G175
B213
Red0 (0%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue190.7°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AF · B D5

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