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Colour

#00AFED

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

#00AFED is a cyan with RGB values 0, 175, 237 and HSL 196°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00AFED#00AFED
HEX#00AFED
RGBrgb(0, 175, 237)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6863, 0.9294
RGB percentages0%, 68.6%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(195.7, 100%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.7, 100%, 92.9%)
CMYK100%, 26.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer45,037
CSS custom property--colour: #00AFED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36774WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.35:1
Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#FF5012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90AEF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#749BECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6Light skyblue · ΔE 18.6Steel blue · ΔE 20.7Sky blue · ΔE 23.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.6Light steelblue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 5.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED3E00
Analogous#00EDB4, #0039ED
Triadic#ED00AF, #AFED00
Split complementary#ED0039, #EDB400
Tetradic#B400ED, #ED3E00, #39ED00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAEDFF
Lighter +30%#87E0FF
Lighter +20%#54D2FF
Lighter +10%#21C5FF
Darker −10%#0089BA
Darker −20%#006487
Darker −30%#003E54
Darker −40%#001821
More saturated +25%#00AFED
Less saturated −25%#1EA1CF

Channel breakdown

R0
G175
B237
Red0 (0%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue195.7°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AF · B ED

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