Colour

#00CAF4

#00CAF4
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00CAF4 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 202, 244 and HSL 190°, 100%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00CAF4#00CAF4

HEX#00CAF4

RGBrgb(0, 202, 244)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7922, 0.9569

RGB percentages0%, 79.2%, 95.7%

HSLhsl(190.3, 100%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.3, 100%, 95.7%)

CMYK100%, 17.2%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer51,956

CSS custom property--colour: #00CAF4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.75:1

Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#FF350B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0C4F6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Deuteranopia#95B1F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00D8D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.1 Sky blue · ΔE 16.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 26.2 Light blue · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F42A00

Analogous#00F4A4, #0050F4

Triadic#F400CA, #CAF400

Split complementary#F40050, #F4A400

Tetradic#A400F4, #F42A00, #50F400

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C1F4FF

Lighter +30%#8EECFF

Lighter +20%#5BE3FF

Lighter +10%#28DAFF

Darker −10%#00A0C1

Darker −20%#00768E

Darker −30%#004B5B

Darker −40%#002128

More saturated +25%#00CAF4

Less saturated −25%#1FB6D6

Channel breakdown

G202

B244

Red0 (0%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue244 (95.7%)

Hue190.33°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G CA · B F4

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