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Recognised as Colour

#008CCE

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

#008CCE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 140, 206 and HSL 199°, 100%, 40%. 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

#008CCE#008CCE
HEX#008CCE
RGBrgb(0, 140, 206)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.549, 0.8078
RGB percentages0%, 54.9%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(199.2, 100%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 100%, 80.8%)
CMYK100%, 32%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer36,046
CSS custom property--colour: #008CCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.64:1
Contrast with white3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#FF7331

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6C8DD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#527DCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#009DA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 11.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.3Light skyblue · ΔE 28.5Light slate grey · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 11.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE4200
Analogous#00CEA9, #0025CE
Triadic#CE008C, #8CCE00
Split complementary#CE0025, #CEA900
Tetradic#A900CE, #CE4200, #25CE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9BDFFF
Lighter +30%#68CFFF
Lighter +20%#35BEFF
Lighter +10%#02AEFF
Darker −10%#00699B
Darker −20%#004768
Darker −30%#002435
Darker −40%#000102
More saturated +25%#008CCE
Less saturated −25%#1A83B4

Channel breakdown

R0
G140
B206
Red0 (0%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue199.22°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 8C · B CE

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