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Recognised as Colour

#0AAAEC

  • #0AAAEC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#0AAAEC is a cyan with RGB values 10, 170, 236 and HSL 198°, 92%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#0AAAEC#0AAAEC
HEX#0AAAEC
RGBrgb(10, 170, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.0392, 0.6667, 0.9255
RGB percentages3.9%, 66.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(197.5, 91.9%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 95.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK95.8%, 28%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer699,116
CSS custom property--colour: #0AAAEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.97:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#F55513

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#89AAEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E97EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.4Steel blue · ΔE 19.2Light skyblue · ΔE 20.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.4Sky blue · ΔE 25.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC4C0A
Analogous#0AECBD, #0A39EC
Triadic#EC0AAA, #AAEC0A
Split complementary#EC0A39, #ECBD0A
Tetradic#BD0AEC, #EC4C0A, #39EC0A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5ECFD
Lighter +30%#95DDFA
Lighter +20%#64CDF8
Lighter +10%#33BDF6
Darker −10%#0887BB
Darker −20%#06648A
Darker −30%#044059
Darker −40%#021D28
More saturated +25%#00AEF6
Less saturated −25%#299DCD

Channel breakdown

R10
G170
B236
Red10 (3.9%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue197.52°
Saturation (HSL)91.87%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0A · G AA · B EC

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