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Recognised as Colour

#0EA5E6

  • #0EA5E6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#0EA5E6 is a cyan with RGB values 14, 165, 230 and HSL 198°, 89%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#0EA5E6#0EA5E6
HEX#0EA5E6
RGBrgb(14, 165, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.0549, 0.6471, 0.902
RGB percentages5.5%, 64.7%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(198.1, 88.5%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.1, 93.9%, 90.2%)
CMYK93.9%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer959,974
CSS custom property--colour: #0EA5E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.54:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#F15A19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85A5E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A93E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00B6BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.2Steel blue · ΔE 17.4Light skyblue · ΔE 21.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.7Sky blue · ΔE 26.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E64F0E
Analogous#0EE6BB, #0E39E6
Triadic#E60EA5, #A5E60E
Split complementary#E60E39, #E6BB0E
Tetradic#BB0EE6, #E64F0E, #39E60E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5EBFB
Lighter +30%#94DAF9
Lighter +20%#64CAF6
Lighter +10%#34B9F3
Darker −10%#0B83B6
Darker −20%#086086
Darker −30%#053E56
Darker −40%#021B26
More saturated +25%#00ABF4
Less saturated −25%#2D99C8

Channel breakdown

R14
G165
B230
Red14 (5.5%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue198.06°
Saturation (HSL)88.52%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0E · G A5 · B E6

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