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Colour

#00BBF6

  • #00BBF6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00BBF6 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 187, 246 and HSL 194°, 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

#00BBF6#00BBF6
HEX#00BBF6
RGBrgb(0, 187, 246)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7333, 0.9647
RGB percentages0%, 73.3%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(194.4, 100%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 100%, 96.5%)
CMYK100%, 24%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer48,118
CSS custom property--colour: #00BBF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.44:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#FF4409

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CB8F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#80A5F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 3.1Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Sky blue · ΔE 20.9Steel blue · ΔE 24.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.9Light steelblue · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 3.07, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F63B00
Analogous#00F6B6, #0040F6
Triadic#F600BB, #BBF600
Split complementary#F60040, #F6B600
Tetradic#B600F6, #F63B00, #40F600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3F1FF
Lighter +30%#90E4FF
Lighter +20%#5DD8FF
Lighter +10%#2ACCFF
Darker −10%#0094C3
Darker −20%#006D90
Darker −30%#00475D
Darker −40%#00202A
More saturated +25%#00BBF6
Less saturated −25%#1FABD7

Channel breakdown

R0
G187
B246
Red0 (0%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue194.39°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G BB · B F6

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