Colour

#00CAF8

#00CAF8
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00CAF8 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 202, 248 and HSL 191°, 100%, 49%. 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

#00CAF8#00CAF8

HEX#00CAF8

RGBrgb(0, 202, 248)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7922, 0.9725

RGB percentages0%, 79.2%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(191.1, 100%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 100%, 97.3%)

CMYK100%, 18.5%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer51,960

CSS custom property--colour: #00CAF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.8:1

Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#FF3507

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFC5FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#94B1F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00D8D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5 Sky blue · ΔE 17.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 25.2 Light blue · ΔE 28.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F82E00

Analogous#00F8AA, #004EF8

Triadic#F800CA, #CAF800

Split complementary#F8004E, #F8AA00

Tetradic#AA00F8, #F82E00, #4EF800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C5F4FF

Lighter +30%#92EBFF

Lighter +20%#5FE1FF

Lighter +10%#2CD8FF

Darker −10%#00A0C5

Darker −20%#007792

Darker −30%#004D5F

Darker −40%#00242C

More saturated +25%#00CAF8

Less saturated −25%#1FB6D9

Channel breakdown

G202

B248

Red0 (0%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue191.13°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G CA · B F8

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Colour values

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