Colour

#18A7ED

#18A7ED
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#18A7ED is a cyan with RGB values 24, 167, 237 and HSL 200°, 86%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

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HEX#18A7ED

RGBrgb(24, 167, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.6549, 0.9294

RGB percentages9.4%, 65.5%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(199.7, 85.5%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.7, 89.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK89.9%, 29.5%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,615,853

CSS custom property--colour: #18A7ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33946WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.79:1

Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#E75812

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85A7F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A95ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00B9C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.8 Steel blue · ΔE 18.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.4 Light skyblue · ΔE 22 Sky blue · ΔE 27.8 Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED5E18

Analogous#18EDC9, #183CED

Triadic#ED18A7, #A7ED18

Split complementary#ED183D, #EDC918

Tetradic#C818ED, #ED5E18, #3CED18

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5EFFC

Lighter +30%#A6DDF8

Lighter +20%#77CBF4

Lighter +10%#47B9F1

Darker −10%#0F88C3

Darker −20%#0B6794

Darker −30%#084664

Darker −40%#042535

More saturated +25%#06ADFF

Less saturated −25%#379CCE

Channel breakdown

R24

G167

B237

Red24 (9.4%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue199.72°

Saturation (HSL)85.54%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 18 · G A7 · B ED

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Colour values

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