Colour

#008BB6

#008BB6
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#008BB6 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 139, 182 and HSL 194°, 100%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#008BB6#008BB6

HEX#008BB6

RGBrgb(0, 139, 182)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.5451, 0.7137

RGB percentages0%, 54.5%, 71.4%

HSLhsl(194.2, 100%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.2, 100%, 71.4%)

CMYK100%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer35,766

CSS custom property--colour: #008BB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21843WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.37:1

Contrast with white3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.37:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#717171

Inverted#FF7449

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7489B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F7AB5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Tritanopia#009799no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 11.8 Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 24.3 Slate grey · ΔE 24.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 25.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 11.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B62B00

Analogous#00B686, #0030B6

Triadic#B6008B, #8BB600

Split complementary#B60030, #B68600

Tetradic#8600B6, #B62B00, #30B600

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#83E2FF

Lighter +30%#50D6FF

Lighter +20%#1DCAFF

Lighter +10%#00B2E9

Darker −10%#006483

Darker −20%#003D50

Darker −30%#00161D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#008BB6

Less saturated −25%#177F9F

Channel breakdown

G139

B182

Red0 (0%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue182 (71.4%)

Hue194.18°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 8B · B B6

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