Colour

#01ADFF

#01ADFF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#01ADFF is a cyan with RGB values 1, 173, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#01ADFF#01ADFF

HEX#01ADFF

RGBrgb(1, 173, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.6784, 1

RGB percentages0.4%, 67.8%, 100%

HSLhsl(199.4, 100%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 99.6%, 100%)

CMYK99.6%, 32.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer110,079

CSS custom property--colour: #01ADFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.42:1

Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#FE5200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85AFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#669BFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00C2CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.1 Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.3 Steel blue · ΔE 24.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 25.6 Sky blue · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF5301

Analogous#01FFD2, #012EFF

Triadic#FF01AD, #ADFF01

Split complementary#FF012E, #FFD201

Tetradic#D201FF, #FF5301, #2EFF01

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CDEFFF

Lighter +30%#9ADEFF

Lighter +20%#67CEFF

Lighter +10%#34BDFF

Darker −10%#008BCD

Darker −20%#00689A

Darker −30%#004667

Darker −40%#002334

More saturated +25%#01ADFF

Less saturated −25%#21A2DF

Channel breakdown

G173

B255

Red1 (0.4%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue199.37°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 01 · G AD · B FF

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