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Colour

#00BDFF

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

#00BDFF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 189, 255 and HSL 196°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00BDFF#00BDFF
HEX#00BDFF
RGBrgb(0, 189, 255)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7412, 1
RGB percentages0%, 74.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(195.5, 100%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.5, 100%, 100%)
CMYK100%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer48,639
CSS custom property--colour: #00BDFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43615WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.72:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#FF4200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CBBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7EA8FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00CFD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 1.5Light skyblue · ΔE 17.8Sky blue · ΔE 23.4Steel blue · ΔE 25.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.4Light steelblue · ΔE 32.8
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#FF4200
Analogous#00FFC1, #003EFF
Triadic#FF00BD, #BDFF00
Split complementary#FF003E, #FFC100
Tetradic#C200FF, #FF4200, #3EFF00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCF2FF
Lighter +30%#99E5FF
Lighter +20%#66D7FF
Lighter +10%#33CAFF
Darker −10%#0097CC
Darker −20%#007199
Darker −30%#004C66
Darker −40%#002633
More saturated +25%#00BDFF
Less saturated −25%#20AEDF

Channel breakdown

R0
G189
B255
Red0 (0%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue195.53°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G BD · B FF

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