Colour

#00BAF7

#00BAF7
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00BAF7 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 186, 247 and HSL 195°, 100%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00BAF7#00BAF7

HEX#00BAF7

RGBrgb(0, 186, 247)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7294, 0.9686

RGB percentages0%, 72.9%, 96.9%

HSLhsl(194.8, 100%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.8, 100%, 96.9%)

CMYK100%, 24.7%, 0%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer47,863

CSS custom property--colour: #00BAF7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41833WCAG 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 9.37:1

Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#FF4508

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9BB8FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7FA5F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00CBCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 2.4 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.9 Sky blue · ΔE 21.7 Steel blue · ΔE 24.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 2.35, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F73D00

Analogous#00F7B8, #003FF7

Triadic#F700BA, #BAF700

Split complementary#F7003F, #F7B800

Tetradic#B800F7, #F73D00, #3FF700

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4F0FF

Lighter +30%#91E4FF

Lighter +20%#5ED7FF

Lighter +10%#2BCBFF

Darker −10%#0094C4

Darker −20%#006D91

Darker −30%#00475E

Darker −40%#00202B

More saturated +25%#00BAF7

Less saturated −25%#1FAAD8

Channel breakdown

G186

B247

Red0 (0%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue247 (96.9%)

Hue194.82°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G BA · B F7

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