Colour

#00BBF7

#00BBF7
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00BBF7 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 187, 247 and HSL 195°, 100%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00BBF7#00BBF7

HEX#00BBF7

RGBrgb(0, 187, 247)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7333, 0.9686

RGB percentages0%, 73.3%, 96.9%

HSLhsl(194.6, 100%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.6, 100%, 96.9%)

CMYK100%, 24.3%, 0%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer48,119

CSS custom property--colour: #00BBF7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.45:1

Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#FF4408

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9CB9FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Deuteranopia#80A5F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00CBCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 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 text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 2.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7 Sky blue · ΔE 21.2 Steel blue · ΔE 24.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 2.57, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F73C00

Analogous#00F7B8, #003FF7

Triadic#F700BB, #BBF700

Split complementary#F7003F, #F7B700

Tetradic#B800F7, #F73C00, #40F700

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4F1FF

Lighter +30%#91E4FF

Lighter +20%#5ED8FF

Lighter +10%#2BCCFF

Darker −10%#0094C4

Darker −20%#006E91

Darker −30%#00475E

Darker −40%#00212B

More saturated +25%#00BBF7

Less saturated −25%#1FABD8

Channel breakdown

G187

B247

Red0 (0%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue247 (96.9%)

Hue194.57°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G BB · B F7

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