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Recognised as Colour

#0AACE3

  • #0AACE3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#0AACE3 is a cyan with RGB values 10, 172, 227 and HSL 195°, 92%, 46%. 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

#0AACE3#0AACE3
HEX#0AACE3
RGBrgb(10, 172, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.0392, 0.6745, 0.8902
RGB percentages3.9%, 67.5%, 89%
HSLhsl(195.2, 91.6%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.2, 95.6%, 89%)
CMYK95.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer699,619
CSS custom property--colour: #0AACE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.02:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#F5531C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90AAE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7698E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.2Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9Steel blue · ΔE 19.5Sky blue · ΔE 21.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.1Light steelblue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3410A
Analogous#0AE3AE, #0A3FE3
Triadic#E30AAC, #ACE30A
Split complementary#E30A3F, #E3AE0A
Tetradic#AE0AE3, #E3410A, #3FE30A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BDECFC
Lighter +30%#8CDEFA
Lighter +20%#5BD0F8
Lighter +10%#2AC2F6
Darker −10%#0887B2
Darker −20%#066281
Darker −30%#043D50
Darker −40%#011820
More saturated +25%#00B1ED
Less saturated −25%#289DC5

Channel breakdown

R10
G172
B227
Red10 (3.9%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue195.21°
Saturation (HSL)91.56%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0A · G AC · B E3

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