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Recognised as Colour

#00BDED

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

#00BDED is a cyan with RGB values 0, 189, 237 and HSL 192°, 100%, 46%. 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

#00BDED#00BDED
HEX#00BDED
RGBrgb(0, 189, 237)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7412, 0.9294
RGB percentages0%, 74.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(192.2, 100%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.2, 100%, 92.9%)
CMYK100%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer48,621
CSS custom property--colour: #00BDED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.4 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#FF4212

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B9EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#88A6ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 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 9.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16Sky blue · ΔE 17.7Steel blue · ΔE 26.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 27.7Light blue · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.33, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED3000
Analogous#00EDA6, #0047ED
Triadic#ED00BD, #BDED00
Split complementary#ED0047, #EDA700
Tetradic#A600ED, #ED3000, #46ED00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAF1FF
Lighter +30%#87E7FF
Lighter +20%#54DCFF
Lighter +10%#21D2FF
Darker −10%#0094BA
Darker −20%#006C87
Darker −30%#004354
Darker −40%#001A21
More saturated +25%#00BDED
Less saturated −25%#1EABCF

Channel breakdown

R0
G189
B237
Red0 (0%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue192.15°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G BD · B ED

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