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Recognised as Colour

#00AFE5

  • #00AFE5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00AFE5 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 175, 229 and HSL 194°, 100%, 45%. 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

#00AFE5#00AFE5
HEX#00AFE5
RGBrgb(0, 175, 229)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6863, 0.898
RGB percentages0%, 68.6%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(194.1, 100%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 100%, 89.8%)
CMYK100%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer45,029
CSS custom property--colour: #00AFE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.26:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#FF501A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93ACE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#799AE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00BEC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 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 text8.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.7Light skyblue · ΔE 17.4Sky blue · ΔE 20.7Steel blue · ΔE 20.8Light steelblue · ΔE 30.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.73, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E53600
Analogous#00E5A8, #003DE5
Triadic#E500AF, #AFE500
Split complementary#E5003D, #E5A800
Tetradic#A800E5, #E53600, #3DE500

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2EDFF
Lighter +30%#7FE1FF
Lighter +20%#4CD5FF
Lighter +10%#19C9FF
Darker −10%#0088B2
Darker −20%#00617F
Darker −30%#003A4C
Darker −40%#001319
More saturated +25%#00AFE5
Less saturated −25%#1DA0C8

Channel breakdown

R0
G175
B229
Red0 (0%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue194.15°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AF · B E5

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