Colour

#00BDF8

#00BDF8
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00BDF8 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 189, 248 and HSL 194°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00BDF8#00BDF8

HEX#00BDF8

RGBrgb(0, 189, 248)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7412, 0.9725

RGB percentages0%, 74.1%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(194.3, 100%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.3, 100%, 97.3%)

CMYK100%, 23.8%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer48,632

CSS custom property--colour: #00BDF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43173WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.63:1

Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#FF4207

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9EBAFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#82A7F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00CDD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 2.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.4 Sky blue · ΔE 20.7 Steel blue · ΔE 25.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 31.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 2.91, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F83B00

Analogous#00F8B7, #0041F8

Triadic#F800BD, #BDF800

Split complementary#F80041, #F8B700

Tetradic#B700F8, #F83B00, #41F800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C5F1FF

Lighter +30%#92E5FF

Lighter +20%#5FD9FF

Lighter +10%#2CCDFF

Darker −10%#0096C5

Darker −20%#006F92

Darker −30%#00485F

Darker −40%#00222C

More saturated +25%#00BDF8

Less saturated −25%#1FADD9

Channel breakdown

G189

B248

Red0 (0%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue194.27°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G BD · B F8

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