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Recognised as Colour

#0AB4ED

  • #0AB4ED
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#0AB4ED is a cyan with RGB values 10, 180, 237 and HSL 195°, 92%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#0AB4ED#0AB4ED
HEX#0AB4ED
RGBrgb(10, 180, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.0392, 0.7059, 0.9294
RGB percentages3.9%, 70.6%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(195.1, 91.9%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.1, 95.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK95.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer701,677
CSS custom property--colour: #0AB4ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38821WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.76:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#F54B12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B2F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C9FECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 5.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8Sky blue · ΔE 20.8Steel blue · ΔE 22.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.9Light steelblue · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 5.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED430A
Analogous#0AEDB4, #0A43ED
Triadic#ED0AB4, #B4ED0A
Split complementary#ED0A42, #EDB40A
Tetradic#B40AED, #ED430A, #43ED0A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6EFFD
Lighter +30%#95E1FB
Lighter +20%#65D3F8
Lighter +10%#34C5F6
Darker −10%#088FBC
Darker −20%#066A8B
Darker −30%#04455A
Darker −40%#021F29
More saturated +25%#00B9F7
Less saturated −25%#29A5CE

Channel breakdown

R10
G180
B237
Red10 (3.9%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue195.07°
Saturation (HSL)91.9%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0A · G B4 · B ED

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