Recognised as Colour

#04ADEE

#04ADEE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#04ADEE is a cyan with RGB values 4, 173, 238 and HSL 197°, 97%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#04ADEE#04ADEE

HEX#04ADEE

RGBrgb(4, 173, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.6784, 0.9333

RGB percentages1.6%, 67.8%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(196.7, 96.7%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.7, 98.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK98.3%, 27.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer306,670

CSS custom property--colour: #04ADEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.22:1

Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#FB5211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8DACF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#719AEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00BEC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7 Light skyblue · ΔE 19.6 Steel blue · ΔE 20.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7 Sky blue · ΔE 24.8 Dodgerblue · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.03, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE4504

Analogous#04EEBA, #0438EE

Triadic#EE04AD, #ADEE04

Split complementary#EE0438, #EEBA04

Tetradic#BA04EE, #EE4504, #38EE04

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C0EDFE

Lighter +30%#8EDEFD

Lighter +20%#5CD0FC

Lighter +10%#2AC1FB

Darker −10%#0389BC

Darker −20%#02648A

Darker −30%#014058

Darker −40%#011B25

More saturated +25%#00AFF2

Less saturated −25%#22A0D0

Channel breakdown

G173

B238

Red4 (1.6%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue196.67°

Saturation (HSL)96.69%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 04 · G AD · B EE

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