Colour

#0ACDF9

#0ACDF9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#0ACDF9 is a cyan with RGB values 10, 205, 249 and HSL 191°, 95%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#0ACDF9#0ACDF9

HEX#0ACDF9

RGBrgb(10, 205, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.0392, 0.8039, 0.9765

RGB percentages3.9%, 80.4%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(191, 95.2%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191, 96%, 97.6%)

CMYK96%, 17.7%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer708,089

CSS custom property--colour: #0ACDF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.11:1

Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#F53206

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3C8FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#97B4F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00DBDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.4 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8 Sky blue · ΔE 17.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 23.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 27.2 Light blue · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F9360A

Analogous#0AF9AD, #0A56F9

Triadic#F90ACD, #CDF90A

Split complementary#F90A56, #F9AD0A

Tetradic#AD0AF9, #F9360A, #55F90A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1F6FE

Lighter +30%#9FEBFD

Lighter +20%#6EE1FB

Lighter +10%#3CD7FA

Darker −10%#05A7CB

Darker −20%#047E99

Darker −30%#035567

Darker −40%#012C36

More saturated +25%#04D1FF

Less saturated −25%#29B9DA

Channel breakdown

R10

G205

B249

Red10 (3.9%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue191.05°

Saturation (HSL)95.22%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 0A · G CD · B F9

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