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Recognised as Colour

#00BFFD

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

#00BFFD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 191, 253 and HSL 195°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00BFFD#00BFFD
HEX#00BFFD
RGBrgb(0, 191, 253)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.749, 0.9922
RGB percentages0%, 74.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(194.7, 100%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.7, 100%, 99.2%)
CMYK100%, 24.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer49,149
CSS custom property--colour: #00BFFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44353WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.87:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#FF4002

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FBDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#82A9FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 1.2Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8Sky blue · ΔE 21.7Steel blue · ΔE 26.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.6Light steelblue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 1.18, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD3E00
Analogous#00FDBD, #0040FD
Triadic#FD00BF, #BFFD00
Split complementary#FD0040, #FDBD00
Tetradic#BD00FD, #FD3E00, #40FD00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAF2FF
Lighter +30%#97E6FF
Lighter +20%#64D9FF
Lighter +10%#31CDFF
Darker −10%#0098CA
Darker −20%#007297
Darker −30%#004B64
Darker −40%#002531
More saturated +25%#00BFFD
Less saturated −25%#20AFDD

Channel breakdown

R0
G191
B253
Red0 (0%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue194.7°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G BF · B FD

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