Colour

#00BBFB

#00BBFB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00BBFB is a cyan with RGB values 0, 187, 251 and HSL 195°, 100%, 49%. 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

#00BBFB#00BBFB

HEX#00BBFB

RGBrgb(0, 187, 251)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7333, 0.9843

RGB percentages0%, 73.3%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(195.3, 100%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.3, 100%, 98.4%)

CMYK100%, 25.5%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer48,123

CSS custom property--colour: #00BBFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.5:1

Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#FF4404

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9AB9FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7EA6FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00CCD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 1.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5 Sky blue · ΔE 22.7 Steel blue · ΔE 25 Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 1.51, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FB4000

Analogous#00FBBD, #003EFB

Triadic#FB00BB, #BBFB00

Split complementary#FB003E, #FBBD00

Tetradic#BD00FB, #FB4000, #3EFB00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C8F1FF

Lighter +30%#95E4FF

Lighter +20%#62D7FF

Lighter +10%#2FCAFF

Darker −10%#0095C8

Darker −20%#006F95

Darker −30%#004962

Darker −40%#00232F

More saturated +25%#00BBFB

Less saturated −25%#1FACDC

Channel breakdown

G187

B251

Red0 (0%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue195.3°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G BB · B FB

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