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Colour

#0CAAE9

  • #0CAAE9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#0CAAE9 is a cyan with RGB values 12, 170, 233 and HSL 197°, 90%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#0CAAE9#0CAAE9
HEX#0CAAE9
RGBrgb(12, 170, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.6667, 0.9137
RGB percentages4.7%, 66.7%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(197.1, 90.2%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 94.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK94.8%, 27%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer830,185
CSS custom property--colour: #0CAAE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34711WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.94:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#F35516

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8BA9ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7097E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8Steel blue · ΔE 18.8Light skyblue · ΔE 19.6Sky blue · ΔE 24.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7Light steelblue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E94B0C
Analogous#0CE9BA, #0C3BE9
Triadic#E90CAA, #AAE90C
Split complementary#E90C3C, #E9BA0C
Tetradic#B90CE9, #E94B0C, #3BE90C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5ECFC
Lighter +30%#94DDFA
Lighter +20%#64CDF7
Lighter +10%#33BDF5
Darker −10%#0A87B8
Darker −20%#076388
Darker −30%#054057
Darker −40%#021C27
More saturated +25%#00AFF5
Less saturated −25%#2B9DCA

Channel breakdown

R12
G170
B233
Red12 (4.7%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue197.1°
Saturation (HSL)90.2%
Lightness48.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0C · G AA · B E9

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