Recognised as Colour

#00C6EA

#00C6EA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#00C6EA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 198, 234 and HSL 189°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#00C6EA#00C6EA

HEX#00C6EA

RGBrgb(0, 198, 234)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7765, 0.9176

RGB percentages0%, 77.6%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(189.2, 100%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.2, 100%, 91.8%)

CMYK100%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer50,922

CSS custom property--colour: #00C6EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46329WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.27:1

Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#FF3915

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AEC0ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#95ADEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Tritanopia#00D2D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 16.7 Deep skyblue · ΔE 17 Light skyblue · ΔE 18.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 23.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 16.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EA2400

Analogous#00EA99, #0051EA

Triadic#EA00C6, #C6EA00

Split complementary#EA0051, #EA9900

Tetradic#9900EA, #EA2400, #51EA00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B7F4FF

Lighter +30%#84ECFF

Lighter +20%#51E4FF

Lighter +10%#1EDCFF

Darker −10%#009BB7

Darker −20%#007084

Darker −30%#004551

Darker −40%#00191E

More saturated +25%#00C6EA

Less saturated −25%#1DB2CD

Channel breakdown

G198

B234

Red0 (0%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue189.23°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G C6 · B EA

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