Colour

#00D5FD

#00D5FD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00D5FD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 213, 253 and HSL 189°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00D5FD#00D5FD

HEX#00D5FD

RGBrgb(0, 213, 253)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8353, 0.9922

RGB percentages0%, 83.5%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(189.5, 100%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 100%, 99.2%)

CMYK100%, 15.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer54,781

CSS custom property--colour: #00D5FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.94:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB

Inverted#FF2A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBCFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#9FBBFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original

Tritanopia#00E2E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.2 Sky blue · ΔE 18 Light skyblue · ΔE 18.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 24.7 Light blue · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 17.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FD2800

Analogous#00FDA7, #0057FD

Triadic#FD00D5, #D5FD00

Split complementary#FD0057, #FDA600

Tetradic#A700FD, #FD2800, #57FD00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CAF7FF

Lighter +30%#97EFFF

Lighter +20%#64E6FF

Lighter +10%#31DEFF

Darker −10%#00AACA

Darker −20%#007F97

Darker −30%#005464

Darker −40%#002931

More saturated +25%#00D5FD

Less saturated −25%#20BFDD

Channel breakdown

G213

B253

Red0 (0%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue189.49°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G D5 · B FD

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