Colour

#00BDDD

#00BDDD
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#00BDDD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 189, 221 and HSL 189°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#00BDDD#00BDDD

HEX#00BDDD

RGBrgb(0, 189, 221)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7412, 0.8667

RGB percentages0%, 74.1%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(188.7, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.7, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK100%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer48,605

CSS custom property--colour: #00BDDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.32:1

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

Contrast with black9.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#FF4222

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7B7DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8FA5DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00C8C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 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 text9.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 17 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.6 Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.8 Light skyblue · ΔE 19.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.8 Light seagreen · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 16.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DD2000

Analogous#00DD8E, #004FDD

Triadic#DD00BD, #BDDD00

Split complementary#DD004F, #DD8E00

Tetradic#8E00DD, #DD2000, #4FDD00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AAF3FF

Lighter +30%#77EBFF

Lighter +20%#44E4FF

Lighter +10%#11DDFF

Darker −10%#0091AA

Darker −20%#006677

Darker −30%#003A44

Darker −40%#000F11

More saturated +25%#00BDDD

Less saturated −25%#1CA9C1

Channel breakdown

G189

B221

Red0 (0%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue188.69°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G BD · B DD

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