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Recognised as Colour

#14ADEF

  • #14ADEF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#14ADEF is a cyan with RGB values 20, 173, 239 and HSL 198°, 87%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#14ADEF#14ADEF
HEX#14ADEF
RGBrgb(20, 173, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.6784, 0.9373
RGB percentages7.8%, 67.8%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(198.1, 87.3%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.1, 91.6%, 93.7%)
CMYK91.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,355,247
CSS custom property--colour: #14ADEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.25:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#EB5210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CACF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#719AEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#00BEC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.4Light skyblue · ΔE 19.6Steel blue · ΔE 20Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.8Sky blue · ΔE 25.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF5614
Analogous#14EFC3, #1440EF
Triadic#EF14AD, #ADEF14
Split complementary#EF1440, #EFC314
Tetradic#C314EF, #EF5614, #40EF14

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3F0FC
Lighter +30%#A3DFF9
Lighter +20%#73CEF6
Lighter +10%#44BEF2
Darker −10%#0D8CC3
Darker −20%#0A6A93
Darker −30%#074763
Darker −40%#042533
More saturated +25%#04B3FF
Less saturated −25%#33A1D0

Channel breakdown

R20
G173
B239
Red20 (7.8%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue198.08°
Saturation (HSL)87.25%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G AD · B EF

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