Colour

#00BEF9

#00BEF9
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00BEF9 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 190, 249 and HSL 194°, 100%, 49%. 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

#00BEF9#00BEF9

HEX#00BEF9

RGBrgb(0, 190, 249)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7451, 0.9765

RGB percentages0%, 74.5%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(194.2, 100%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.2, 100%, 97.6%)

CMYK100%, 23.7%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer48,889

CSS custom property--colour: #00BEF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43666WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.73:1

Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#FF4106

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9FBBFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original

Deuteranopia#83A8F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Tritanopia#00CED2no 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 text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 2.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3 Sky blue · ΔE 20.7 Steel blue · ΔE 26 Light steelblue · ΔE 31.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 2.9, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F93B00

Analogous#00F9B7, #0042F9

Triadic#F900BE, #BEF900

Split complementary#F90042, #F9B700

Tetradic#B700F9, #F93B00, #42F900

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C6F1FF

Lighter +30%#93E5FF

Lighter +20%#60D9FF

Lighter +10%#2DCDFF

Darker −10%#0097C6

Darker −20%#007093

Darker −30%#004960

Darker −40%#00222D

More saturated +25%#00BEF9

Less saturated −25%#1FAEDA

Channel breakdown

G190

B249

Red0 (0%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue194.22°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G BE · B F9

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