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Recognised as Colour

#008CC7

  • #008CC7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#008CC7 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 140, 199 and HSL 198°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#008CC7#008CC7
HEX#008CC7
RGBrgb(0, 140, 199)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.549, 0.7804
RGB percentages0%, 54.9%, 78%
HSLhsl(197.8, 100%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 100%, 78%)
CMYK100%, 29.6%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer36,039
CSS custom property--colour: #008CC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2288WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.58:1
Contrast with white3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#FF7338

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F8CCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#577DC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#009BA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 9.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.9Light skyblue · ΔE 27Light slate grey · ΔE 29.2Slate grey · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C73B00
Analogous#00C79F, #0028C7
Triadic#C7008C, #8CC700
Split complementary#C70028, #C79F00
Tetradic#9F00C7, #C73B00, #28C700

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#94DFFF
Lighter +30%#61D0FF
Lighter +20%#2EC1FF
Lighter +10%#00B0FA
Darker −10%#006894
Darker −20%#004461
Darker −30%#00202E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#008CC7
Less saturated −25%#1982AE

Channel breakdown

R0
G140
B199
Red0 (0%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue197.79°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 8C · B C7

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