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Recognised as Colour

#0CD9FD

  • #0CD9FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#0CD9FD is a cyan with RGB values 12, 217, 253 and HSL 189°, 98%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#0CD9FD#0CD9FD
HEX#0CD9FD
RGBrgb(12, 217, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.851, 0.9922
RGB percentages4.7%, 85.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(189, 98.4%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189, 95.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK95.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer842,237
CSS custom property--colour: #0CD9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56796WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.36:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#F32602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0D2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5BEFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00E6E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 18.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 20Light skyblue · ΔE 20.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.6Aqua · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 18.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD300C
Analogous#0CFDA9, #0C60FD
Triadic#FD0CD9, #D9FD0C
Split complementary#FD0C60, #FDA90C
Tetradic#A90CFD, #FD300C, #60FD0C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6F9FF
Lighter +30%#A4F1FE
Lighter +20%#71E9FE
Lighter +10%#3FE1FD
Darker −10%#02B5D4
Darker −20%#018AA2
Darker −30%#015F6F
Darker −40%#00343D
More saturated +25%#0ADAFF
Less saturated −25%#2BC4DE

Channel breakdown

R12
G217
B253
Red12 (4.7%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue188.96°
Saturation (HSL)98.37%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0C · G D9 · B FD

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