Recognised as Colour

#01ACD2

#01ACD2
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#01ACD2 is a cyan with RGB values 1, 172, 210 and HSL 191°, 99%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#01ACD2#01ACD2

HEX#01ACD2

RGBrgb(1, 172, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.6745, 0.8235

RGB percentages0.4%, 67.5%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(190.9, 99.1%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.9, 99.5%, 82.4%)

CMYK99.5%, 18.1%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer109,778

CSS custom property--colour: #01ACD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34165WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.83:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#FE532D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#95A7D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E97D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00B8B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 16 Sky blue · ΔE 18.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 19.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 22.8 Steel blue · ΔE 23.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 15.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D22701

Analogous#01D28F, #0144D2

Triadic#D201AC, #ACD201

Split complementary#D20144, #D28F01

Tetradic#8F01D2, #D22701, #44D201

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A0EDFF

Lighter +30%#6EE4FE

Lighter +20%#3BDBFE

Lighter +10%#08D1FE

Darker −10%#01829F

Darker −20%#01596C

Darker −30%#002F3A

Darker −40%#000607

More saturated +25%#00ADD3

Less saturated −25%#1B9BB8

Channel breakdown

G172

B210

Red1 (0.4%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue190.91°

Saturation (HSL)99.05%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 01 · G AC · B D2

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