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Recognised as Colour

#04AFEC

  • #04AFEC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#04AFEC is a cyan with RGB values 4, 175, 236 and HSL 196°, 97%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#04AFEC#04AFEC
HEX#04AFEC
RGBrgb(4, 175, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.6863, 0.9255
RGB percentages1.6%, 68.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(195.8, 96.7%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 98.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK98.3%, 25.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer307,180
CSS custom property--colour: #04AFEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.35:1
Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#FB5013

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90ADEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#759BEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6.1Light skyblue · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 20.6Sky blue · ΔE 23Cornflower blue · ΔE 27Light steelblue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC4104
Analogous#04ECB5, #043BEC
Triadic#EC04AF, #AFEC04
Split complementary#EC043B, #ECB504
Tetradic#B504EC, #EC4104, #3BEC04

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BEEDFE
Lighter +30%#8CDFFD
Lighter +20%#5AD1FC
Lighter +10%#28C4FB
Darker −10%#038ABA
Darker −20%#026588
Darker −30%#013F56
Darker −40%#011A23
More saturated +25%#00B1F0
Less saturated −25%#22A1CE

Channel breakdown

R4
G175
B236
Red4 (1.6%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue195.78°
Saturation (HSL)96.67%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 04 · G AF · B EC

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