Colour

#00B9FB

#00B9FB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00B9FB is a cyan with RGB values 0, 185, 251 and HSL 196°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00B9FB#00B9FB

HEX#00B9FB

RGBrgb(0, 185, 251)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7255, 0.9843

RGB percentages0%, 72.5%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(195.8, 100%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 100%, 98.4%)

CMYK100%, 26.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer47,611

CSS custom property--colour: #00B9FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41663WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.33:1

Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#FF4604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#98B8FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7BA4FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00CBD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 2.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 18.1 Sky blue · ΔE 23.7 Steel blue · ΔE 24.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 2.74, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FB4200

Analogous#00FBBF, #003CFB

Triadic#FB00B9, #B9FB00

Split complementary#FB003C, #FBBF00

Tetradic#BF00FB, #FB4200, #3CFB00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C8F1FF

Lighter +30%#95E3FF

Lighter +20%#62D6FF

Lighter +10%#2FC8FF

Darker −10%#0093C8

Darker −20%#006E95

Darker −30%#004862

Darker −40%#00232F

More saturated +25%#00B9FB

Less saturated −25%#1FAADC

Channel breakdown

G185

B251

Red0 (0%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue195.78°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G B9 · B FB

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